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The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Christopher Russell

    1. Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Institute Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Carol Raymond

    1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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  • The only book that presents data and information from Dawn, the first mission to orbit a main belt asteroid
  • Details the mapping of the surfaces of 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres, as well as data on its mineralogy and elemental compositions
  • Describes the instruments that were used on the mission and the way it relates to the study of asteroids and solar system evolution

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Foreword

    • C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres

    • C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond
    Pages 3-23

  4. Vesta and Ceres: Crossing the History of the Solar System

    • A. Coradini, D. Turrini, C. Federico, G. Magni
    Pages 25-40

  5. The Origin and Evolution of the Asteroid Belt—Implications for Vesta and Ceres

    • David P. O’Brien, Mark V. Sykes
    Pages 41-61

  6. Ceres: Its Origin, Evolution and Structure and Dawn’s Potential Contribution

    • Thomas B. McCord, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Andy Rivkin
    Pages 63-76

  7. Origin, Internal Structure and Evolution of 4 Vesta

    • Maria T. Zuber, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Richard P. Binzel, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Alexander S. Konopliv, Carle M. Pieters et al.
    Pages 77-93

  8. The Surface Composition of Ceres

    • Andrew S. Rivkin, Jian-Yang Li, Ralph E. Milliken, Lucy F. Lim, Amy J. Lovell, Britney E. Schmidt et al.
    Pages 95-116

  9. Surface Composition of Vesta: Issues and Integrated Approach

    • Carle M. Pieters, Lucy A. McFadden, Thomas Prettyman, M. Cristina De Sanctis, Thomas B. McCord, Takahiro Hiroi et al.
    Pages 117-139

  10. HED Meteorites and Their Relationship to the Geology of Vesta and the Dawn Mission

    • Harry Y. McSween Jr., David W. Mittlefehldt, Andrew W. Beck, Rhiannon G. Mayne, Timothy J. McCoy
    Pages 141-174

  11. The Dawn Spacecraft

    • Valerie C. Thomas, Joseph M. Makowski, G. Mark Brown, John F. McCarthy, Dominick Bruno, J. Christopher Cardoso et al.
    Pages 175-249

  12. The Dawn Ion Propulsion System

    • John Brophy
    Pages 251-261

  13. The Dawn Framing Camera

    • H. Sierks, H. U. Keller, R. Jaumann, H. Michalik, T. Behnke, F. Bubenhagen et al.
    Pages 263-327

  14. The VIR Spectrometer

    • M. C. De Sanctis, A. Coradini, E. Ammannito, G. Filacchione, M. T. Capria, S. Fonte et al.
    Pages 329-369

  15. Dawn’s Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector

    • Thomas H. Prettyman, William C. Feldman, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Robert D. Dingler, Donald C. Enemark, Douglas E. Patrick et al.
    Pages 371-459

  16. The Dawn Gravity Investigation at Vesta and Ceres

    • A. S. Konopliv, S. W. Asmar, B. G. Bills, N. Mastrodemos, R. S. Park, C. A. Raymond et al.
    Pages 461-486

  17. The Dawn Topography Investigation

    • C. A. Raymond, R. Jaumann, A. Nathues, H. Sierks, T. Roatsch, F. Preusker et al.
    Pages 487-510

  18. Dawn Science Planning, Operations and Archiving

    • C. A. Polanskey, S. P. Joy, C. A. Raymond
    Pages 511-543

  19. The Education and Public Outreach Program for NASA’s Dawn Mission

    • L. A. Mcfadden, J. Wise, J. D. Ristvey Jr., W. Cobb
    Pages 545-574
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Institute Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Christopher Russell

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    Carol Raymond

About the editors

Professor C. T. Russell is a member of the faculties of both the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and the Department of Earth and Space Sciences. He is acting System-wide Director of IGPP. He is the head of the Space Physics Center in IGPP, UCLA and the Director of the UCLA Branch of the California Space Grant Consortium. He is the principal investigator on the POLAR mission; a co-investigator on the magnetometer team on the Cassini mission to Saturn; the ROMAP investigation on the Rosetta mission to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko; the IMPACT investigation on the STEREO mission to study solar and solar wind disturbances; the THEMIS mission to study substorms; and the magnetometer investigation on the Venus Express mission to study the solar wind interaction with Venus. He is the principal investigator of the Dawn mission to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

Dr. Carol Raymond earned her B.S. in Geology and Physics from the University of Georgia, her M.A. and M.Phil  in Geological Sciences from Columbia University and her Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Columbia University. Her current research interests include solar system evolution (with a focus on the geophysical evolution of Mars, Vesta and Ceres), the Sun-Earth system and solid Earth/climate interactions. She is also the recipient of the NASA Magset Group Achievement Award.

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