The Dawn mission to minor planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres
By: Christopher Russell, Carol Raymond, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9781461449027
Subjects: Space flight to asteroids; Dawn Mission (U.S.)
Other titles: Space science reviews. Vol. 163, nos. 1-4.
Notes: "Previously published in Space science reviews, volume 163, issues 1-4, 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres / C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond; title: Vesta and Ceres : crossing the history of the solar system / A. Coradini [and others]; title: The origin and evolution of the asteroid belt; title: implications for Vesta and Ceres / D.P. O'Brien, M.V. Sykes; title: Ceres : its origin, evolution and structure and Dawn's potential contribution / T.B. McCord, J. Castillo-Rogez, A. Rivkin; title: Origin, internal structure and evolution of 4 Vesta / M.T. Zuber [and others]; title: The surface composition of Ceres / A.S. Rivkin [and others]; title: Surface composition of Vesta : issues and integrated approach / C.M. Pieters [and others]; title: HED meteorites and their relationship to the geology of Vesta and the Dawn mission / H.Y. McSween Jr. [and others]; title: The Dawn spacecraft / V.C. Thomas [and others]; title: The Dawn ion propulsion system / J. Brophy; title: The Dawn framing camera / H. Sierks [and others]; title: The VIR spectrometer / M.C. De Sanctis [and others]; title: Dawn's gamma ray and neutron detector / T.H. Prettyman [and others]; title: The Dawn gravity investigation at Vesta and Ceres / A.S. Konopliv [and others]; title: The Dawn topography investigation / C.A. Raymond [and others]; title: Dawn science planning, operations and archiving / C.A. Polanskey, S.P. Joy, C.A. Raymond; title: The education and public outreach program for NASA's Dawn mission / L.A. Mcfadden [and others].