Monday, September 3, 2012

NASA's Dawn probe sets its sights on dwarf planet Ceres

NASA's Dawn probe sets its sights on dwarf planet Ceres:
After 14 months spent collecting data on the asteroid Vesta, Dawn will soon start its jour...
The Dawn spacecraft was the first to ever orbit an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and has been studying the asteroid Vesta since July 2011, revealing unprecedented detail on its distant past and providing astronomers with a better picture of the early history of our solar system. Now, however, it's time to say goodbye – in only a few days' time, Dawn will make its escape from Vesta's gravitational grasp and start a two and a half-year journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres. .. Continue Reading NASA's Dawn probe sets its sights on dwarf planet Ceres

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