DAWN Spacecraft Approaches Asteroid Belt

Comments [2] posted: Nov 03, 2009 R. Lewis

DAWN, NASA's mission to Vesta and Ceres, will enter the asteroid belt on November 13th.

DAWN is currently 10 light minutes, or 1.25 AU, away from earth, and is scheduled to arrive at Vesta in just 629 days. Mark your calendars!


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tags: [asteroids]


Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:27:13 AM UTC
Hm... 1.25 Astronomical Units = 10.395942 light minutes.
Relmerator
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:14:38 PM UTC
Oops, I guess 21 minutes was the round trip time. Good thing I'm not building Mars landers!
rlewis
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