DAWN

The Dawn mission launched in Sept. 2007 to rendezvous and orbit the asteroids 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres. Vesta orbit operations took place from July 2011 to Sept. 2012, and Ceres orbit operations from March 2015 to Oct. 2018.  The scientific objectives of the mission were to characterize the asteroids' internal structure, density, shape, size, composition and mass and to return data on surface morphology, cratering, and magnetism.

DAWN MISSION TO VESTA AND CERES

Search images visually by coordinates and view spatial map projections

Small Bodies Image Browser

SPICE-corrected image locations and searching capabilities using a navigable map, user selectable image constraints, bulk-download and image processing using POW

Planetary Image Locator Tool

FRAMING CAMERA 2 for DAWN

GAMMA-RAY AND NEUTRON DETECTOR for DAWN

GRAVITY SCIENCE INSTRUMENT for DAWN

VISIBLE AND INFRARED SPECTROMETER for DAWN

4 Vesta

1 Ceres

NAIF ID 499

Mars

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SBIB

Pilot