Dawn moving into final science orbit around Vesta
Submit on Friday, June 15th, 2012 22:56
After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinising the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit altitude, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began its final major science data-gathering phase at Vesta on 15 June at an average altitude of 680 kilometers above the surface.
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