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Dawn's last mission extensions at Ceres, From XMO3 to EOM

Holder of the Tw... Holder of the Two Leashes View Member Profile	Feb 1 2017, 02:37 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557	This thread will cover all final phases of the Dawn mission, the end of which is not certain at this point. XMO3 was suppose to be the final orbit, but now plans have changed and it will move into a new higher altitude and higher phase orbit soon. This will be XMO4. An interesting monthly journal for January details the plan: Dawn Journal 31 January 2017

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Holder of the Two Leashes Dawn's last mission extensions at Ceres Feb 1 2017, 02:37 PM

TheAnt Ahuna mons have turned out to be what is called on... Feb 4 2017, 06:09 PM

ngunn QUOTE (TheAnt @ Feb 4 2017, 06:09 PM) Now... Feb 4 2017, 07:10 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (TheAnt @ Feb 4 2017, 12:09 PM) Now... Feb 4 2017, 08:16 PM

TheAnt @Gladstoner: You might indeed have pointed out Ahu... Feb 6 2017, 12:39 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (TheAnt @ Feb 5 2017, 06:39 PM) Wha... Feb 6 2017, 06:12 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy " Asteroid Dust Cloaks True Composition Of Dw... Feb 8 2017, 09:46 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy ? Is expected to map temperatures of Ceres? I expe... Feb 8 2017, 09:53 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Feb 8 2017, ... Feb 22 2017, 10:15 AM

Habukaz QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Feb 8 2017, ... Feb 26 2017, 01:25 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (Habukaz @ Feb 26 2017, 01:25 PM) S... Mar 6 2017, 06:24 PM

Paolo on today's Science (and behind the paywall... ... Feb 17 2017, 06:03 AM

TheAnt This is the kind of news that could have me litera... Feb 18 2017, 04:46 PM

Explorer1 There's probably already samples of Ceres on E... Feb 19 2017, 05:30 AM

fredk QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Feb 19 2017, 06:30 AM)... Feb 19 2017, 03:50 PM

Explorer1 Yes, I was talking about launching from the surfac... Feb 19 2017, 06:48 PM

PhilipTerryGraham They're starting to publish XMO3 images on the... Feb 25 2017, 11:02 AM

nprev ADMIN MODE: Moved four recent posts to the former ... Mar 10 2017, 04:14 PM

Gladstoner Long-range image taken on March 28: https://photo... Apr 9 2017, 08:08 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes Dawn has lost another (third) reaction wheel. But... Apr 27 2017, 01:16 PM

Explorer1 Opposition observation data received! https://... May 2 2017, 04:15 AM

hendric Man, if I ever win the lottery I'm going to wo... May 3 2017, 04:20 PM

djellison There are many old spacecraft with great reaction ... May 4 2017, 04:37 AM

hendric QUOTE (djellison @ May 3 2017, 10:37 PM) ... Jun 19 2017, 05:36 PM

Explorer1 Movie from opposition observations released: https... May 18 2017, 10:08 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes Dawn's fate to be decided soon. Sending it o... Jun 18 2017, 09:31 PM

jasedm It would be fantastic news if the budget allowed f... Jun 19 2017, 08:29 PM

nprev It'd be possible to make it back to the Earth... Jun 19 2017, 11:09 PM

algorimancer What about a Europa flyby, with some asteroid flyb... Jun 20 2017, 05:25 PM

djellison Europa? No way it'll survive that far from t... Jun 20 2017, 05:45 PM

tedstryk Another asteroid flyby would be cool, but I'd ... Jun 21 2017, 01:28 AM

algorimancer QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 20 2017, 12:45 PM)... Jun 22 2017, 01:35 PM

nprev Perihelion is next April, and it does seem as if m... Jun 21 2017, 04:22 AM

bobik QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 21 2017, 04:22 AM) Per... Jun 23 2017, 06:29 AM

hendric I agree, stay at Ceres, but in a long term parking... Jun 21 2017, 06:40 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy I would like to stay up Ceres to the perihelion. H... Jun 24 2017, 01:36 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes It is confirmed that Dawn will stay at Ceres. Fr... Nov 1 2017, 10:54 PM

Explorer1 Many details in the latest Dawn Journal: https://w... Jan 11 2018, 09:03 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy Where is Dawn? Notices on extended mission? May 9 2018, 08:10 PM

Explorer1 I'm assuming no news is good news, they are st... May 9 2018, 10:46 PM

Therion Sharpened and enlarged views of Occator crater... Jun 15 2018, 06:36 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (Therion @ Jun 15 2018, 07:36 AM) S... Jun 18 2018, 08:45 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (Therion @ Jun 15 2018, 07:36 AM) S... Jun 18 2018, 08:47 AM

mcmcmc QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jun 18 2018,... Jun 19 2018, 12:02 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (charborob @ Jun 18 2018, 10:58 AM)... Jun 19 2018, 05:30 PM

Explorer1 Really neat limb view here: https://photojournal.j... Jun 15 2018, 01:07 PM

charborob You can find those images here. Jun 18 2018, 10:58 AM

Gladstoner Cerealia Facula in Occator Crater: https://phot... Jul 2 2018, 03:39 PM

Gladstoner Vinalia Faculae, also in Occator: https://photo... Jul 2 2018, 03:42 PM

Gladstoner Occator floor fractures: https://photojournal.j... Jul 2 2018, 03:46 PM

Explorer1 Amazing! I do not see a single crater in the t... Jul 2 2018, 05:42 PM

Therion Amazing! I really didn't expect we will se... Jul 2 2018, 06:20 PM

GS_Brazil QUOTE (Therion @ Jul 2 2018, 03:20 PM) Re... Jul 3 2018, 12:43 AM

Hungry4info Approximate location of two of these images overla... Jul 2 2018, 07:40 PM

Floyd Many thanks for the context Hungry4info Jul 2 2018, 10:47 PM

Gladstoner It kind of looks like tiramisu Jul 3 2018, 02:42 AM

wildespace My quck ICE version: I tried using colour from ... Jul 3 2018, 08:23 AM

mcmcmc is it a lake or a hill?!? Are photo metadata a... Jul 3 2018, 10:14 AM

wildespace QUOTE (mcmcmc @ Jul 3 2018, 11:14 AM) is ... Jul 3 2018, 10:44 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy It seems like exposure of sulfur after volcanic er... Jul 4 2018, 08:00 AM

HSchirmer QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jul 4 2018, ... Jul 4 2018, 04:48 PM

Gladstoner My eyes are seeing something like this: 1. Be... Jul 4 2018, 07:02 PM

Paolo the Max Planck Institute site also has a striking ... Jul 4 2018, 07:08 PM

Jaro_in_Montreal Finally a closeup: Cerealia Facula in Occator Crat... Jul 16 2018, 10:11 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy I have Searched The areas seen so far at high reso... Jul 17 2018, 11:20 AM

Gladstoner Mosaic of Cerealia Facula in Occator Crater: http... Jul 18 2018, 03:57 PM

Therion Oh my! Those mosaics are absolutely stunning... Jul 18 2018, 08:07 PM

Explorer1 New Dawn journal, detailing how the images were ob... Jul 18 2018, 07:54 PM

mcmcmc Each pixel should cover around 3-3.5 meters in the... Jul 19 2018, 07:10 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (Therion @ Jun 15 2018, 07:36 AM) S... Jul 19 2018, 08:42 AM

Gladstoner It is proving quite difficult to visualize topogra... Jul 19 2018, 06:13 PM

wildespace QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jul 19 2018, 07:13 PM... Jul 21 2018, 09:29 AM

Floyd Save the image on you computer, open in an editor ... Jul 19 2018, 06:41 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Floyd @ Jul 19 2018, 12:41 PM) Sav... Jul 19 2018, 09:20 PM

Adam Hurcewicz Here is my 3D version of Ahuna Mons. I use JMars ... Jul 22 2018, 08:57 AM

Gladstoner Parallel structures: https://photojournal.jpl.nas... Aug 2 2018, 09:11 PM

Adam Hurcewicz From this 2 images central peak of Urvara crater I... Aug 3 2018, 04:36 PM

Explorer1 New Dawn journal (looks to be the penultimate one,... Sep 4 2018, 07:18 PM

atomoid interesting paper about Ceres' polar wander on... Oct 10 2018, 01:05 AM

Explorer1 It's over. OIP (Orbit in Peace) Dawn! Til... Nov 1 2018, 05:12 PM

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