Rather than hurtling toward Vesta or Ceres, Dawn approaches with - TopicsExpress



          

Rather than hurtling toward Vesta or Ceres, Dawn approaches with grace and elegance. Only a small trajectory adjustment is needed to let its new partners gravity capture it, so even that gentle ion thrust will be quite sufficient to let the craft slip into orbit. With only a nudge, it transitions from its large, slow spiral away from the sun to an inward spiral centered around its new gravitational master.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:08:23 +0000

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