Dawn Settles into Orbit Around Asteroid Vesta

摘要

NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which launched in 2007, entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta July 16, the U.S. space agency said in a press release. Vesta is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA's plan is for Dawn to orbit Vesta for about a year, then jet over to the dwarf planet Ceres - the largest object in the asteroid belt.