Exploring the asteroid belt with ion propulsion: Dawn mission history, status and plans

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Russell, C T ^a   Barucci, M A ^b   Binzel, R P ^c   Capria, M T ^d   Christensen, U ^e   Coradini, A ^d   De Sanctis, M C ^d   Feldman, W C ^f   Jaumann, R ^g   Keller, H U ^e   Konopliv, A S ^h   McCord, T B ⁱ   McFadden, L A ^j   McKeegan, K D ^a   McSween, H Y ^k   Mottola, S ^g   Nathues, A ^e   Neukum, G ^l   Pieters, C M ^m   Prettyman, T H ⁿ   Raymond, C A ^h   Sierks, H ^e   Smith, D E ^o   Spohn, T ^g   Sykes, M V ^f   Vilas, F ^p   Zuber, M T ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Department Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science ^*  (United States)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Space Science Institute ^*  (United States)

^j Bldg 142   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^l FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^p MMT Observatory   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Asteroids; Ceres; Hygeia; Ion propulsion; Vesta

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

DAWN EMBARKS; FUTURE MISSION; TEMPORAL TERRESTRIAL;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 34548700189     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.083     Document Type: Article

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