... New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto and Planet X . ... talk about "New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto, and Planet X ... Ceres was first discovered in 1801 and thought to be a planet. ...
... These recent Hubble Space Telescope views of Ceres and Vesta were taken to help ... Ceres and Vesta are about 590 and 330 miles in diameter respectively. ... Ceres, newly classified by the IAU as a "dwarf" planet, resembles the icy moons of ...
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... to orbit the two most massive asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, a feat only made possible ... Ceres has a water ice-rich mantle and a tenuous atmosphere whereas Vesta is rocky ...
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... Ceres: The largest of the known asteroids may qualify as a "mini planet". ... NASA plans to launch the DAWN mission in mid 2006 to orbit Ceres and later Vesta. ...
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... Over 150 signed the "Pluto is a Planet" petition and I provided the weblink for the Planet Web Quest station for those interested to place their name on a microchip destined for launch to the Asteroids Ceres and Vesta. ...
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Ссылки http://www.princetonastronomy.org/newsletters/12_2006sidereal.pdf -- 643.4 Кб -- 27.11.2006 Похожие документы
... Orbiter roared off Launch Pad 17 B atop a Delta II Heavy rocket with 1.1 million pounds of liftoff thrust (see photo below), to begin an 8 year long science mission for the first in-depth investigations of the two most massive asteroids, Ceres and Vesta ...
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... The spacecraft will be mankind's first to orbit 2 bodies; Ceres the "dwarf planet" and Vesta, which are the 2 most massive objects in the Asteroid Belt. ...
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... Ken Kremer wrote up an account of his visit to Cape Canaveral to view the launch of the Dawn Asteroid Orbiter, which is to visit Ceres and Vesta. ...