Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?

Oct 6, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Chief Engineer for Mission Operations and Science
01:56 • 3min
3
Asteroid Series - What Is Ceres?
04:56 • 3min
4
The Requirement of Two Decades Is Long Enough
07:51 • 3min
5
The Iron Propulsion System That Propelled Dawn From Earth
10:54 • 3min
6
Vesta - The Second Most Massive Object in the Main Asteroid Belt
13:40 • 2min
7
Do We Need to Go Back to the Old Classification of Dwarf Planets?
15:39 • 4min
8
The Dwarf Planets Are as Interesting as Anyplace in the Solar System, Right?
20:02 • 2min
9
Getting to Work on Missions at JPL
21:48 • 4min
10
The Lightsail Programme
25:22 • 3min
11
Sail On, Sail On, and Tell Us About the Night Sky
27:53 • 2min
12
The Night Sky Is Really Cool, Mat.
29:57 • 2min
13
Mars Orbiter
31:37 • 2min
14
The Longest Asteroid Mission Ever
33:40 • 2min
15
Planetary Radio Contest - You Say This Was in 19 64
36:04 • 2min