The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres

Christopher Russell editor Carol Raymond editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Published:23rd Aug '16

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres cover

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 elemental composition and obtaining  gravity data.  This book describes the Dawn mission, its exploration and scientific objectives, the instruments that accomplish those objectives, the operations plan and the education and outreach plan.  It is directed to those studying asteroids and the evolution of the solar system. 

This volume will be a valuable reference for anyone who uses data from the instruments of the DAWN mission.

Previously published in Space Science Reviews, Vol. 163/1-4, 2012.

ISBN: 9781493945993

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1178g

574 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012