The Dawn Mission, Launching 9-26-07


	The Dawn Mission, Launching 9-26-07

Mohir

9-22-2007 10:05 AM

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astronomy, nasa, asteroid belt, space, solar system

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9-23-2007 12:05 AM

neochonetes

So is Pluto going to be reinstated as a dwarf planet at least?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d096ed7f-6fda-45d5-accd-88af0568d6f3/BBE7EFA8-8EB3-46E6-AE37-EAB5A392CC4E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/" href="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ponderabout.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: The Dawn Mission, Launching 9-26-07" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/">The Dawn Mission, Launching 9-26-07</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>NASA’s <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Mission">Dawn Mission</A> is scheduled for launch on
Wednesday of this week</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>the <EM>Dawn</EM> spacecraft will head towards the solar
system’s <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt">asteroid belt</A>, that region between the
orbits of Mars and Jupiter</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>there, it will seek out and probe the asteroid belt’s
two most massive objects - Ceres and Vesta</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bc26CidqUO0" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28dwarf_planet%29">Ceres </A>, newly designated as a <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet">dwarf planet</A>, contains
approximately one third of the total mass of the
asteroid belt</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>it is spherical in shape and, with respect to its
composition,</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>the Dawn spacecraft will arrive at Ceres in
February 2015</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta">Vesta</A> is the asteroid belt’s second most massive
object, containing approximately 9% its total mass</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>it is the solar system’s brightest asteroid; and the
only one that has been visible to the naked eye
from Earth</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/442/the-dawn-mission-launching-9-26-07/"><P>Vesta is thought to be dry and rocky; having an
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