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Low altitude mapping orbit, Dawn's final destination (at around December), will be 230 miles (375 km) up, and will have a resolution of 120 ft (35 m) per pixel.
by jccooper 11y ago
Low altitude mapping orbit, Dawn's final destination (at around December), will be 230 miles (375 km) up, and will have a resolution of 120 ft (35 m) per pixel. Currently it's about 410m per pixel. So it's going to get a lot better.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/blog/2015/3/let-the-discoveries-begin-a-guide-to-dawns-exploration-of-dwarf-planet-ceres/ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/blog/2015/3/let-the-discoveries-begi...
Will that be enough? Probably.