DAWN

Dawn

Dawn is a space probe launched by NASA on September 27, 2007, to study the two most massive objects of the asteroid belt – the protoplanet Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Currently en route to Ceres and scheduled and expected to arrive in February 2015, Dawn was the first spacecraft to visit Vesta, entering orbit on July 16, 2011. Should its mission succeed, it will also be the first spacecraft to visit Ceres and to orbit two separate extraterrestrial bodies.

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dawn

Noun

  1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  2. The rising of the sun.
  3. The time when the sun rises.
  4. The beginning.

Verb

  1. To begin to brighten with daylight.
  2. To start to appear or be realized.
  3. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.


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