The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres

DAWN is the first mission to orbit a main belt asteroid and the first scientific mission to use ion propulsion.  Major objectives of this mission include mapping of the surfaces of 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres,  determining its topography from stereo measurements, determining its mineralogy, measuring its el...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Russell, Christopher (Editor ), Raymond, Carol (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Planetary science.
Solar system.
Geophysics.
Measurement.
Measuring instruments.
Planetary Science.
Space Physics.
Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the Contents: The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres
  • Vesta and Ceres: Crossing the History of the Solar System
  • The Origin and Evolution of the Asteroid Belt-Implications for Vesta and Ceres
  • Ceres: Its Origin, Evolution and Structure and Dawn's Potential Contribution
  • Origin, Internal Structure and Evolution of 4 Vesta
  • The Surface Composition of Ceres
  • Surface Composition of Vesta: Issues and Integrated Approach
  • HED Meteorites and Their Relationship to the Geology of Vesta and the Dawn Mission
  • The Dawn Spacecraft
  • The Dawn Ion Propulsion System.

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