WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Dawn Spaceflight

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show Jupiter
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launch
Mars gravity assist
Vesta arrival
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date: 2007-Sep-28
speed: 33.62
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This Demonstration shows an animation of the flight of the Dawn spacecraft's mission to two big asteroids, Vesta and Ceres. This spacecraft used a technique called gravitational assist with Mars on February 18, 2009.
The orbits of the planets have the following colors: Mercury: orange, Venus: brown, Earth: blue, Mars: red, Jupiter: brown. The two asteroids have these colors: Vesta: cyan, Ceres: pink.