Open AccessDawn Spacecraft Enters into Orbit Around Dwarf Planet Ceres
Author(s) -
Randy Showstack
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo026097
Subject(s) - dwarf planet , planet , astrobiology , asteroid , spacecraft , orbit (dynamics) , terrestrial planet , astronomy , physics , aerospace engineering , engineering
A 16-month investigation of the dwarf planet Ceres could reveal a lot about the most massive body in the asteroid belt and could advance our understanding of the formation of terrestrial planets.