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A Ceres Lander K. M. Kirby, esq. 10-19-2007
Posted by K. M. Kirby, esq. on October 19, 2007, 8:03 pm
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 Since Ceres is the next planet out, in terms of exploration potential,
I wonder what it would take to get a rover out there. One topic of
study could be its regularity of asteroid impacts, due to being
located in the Asteroid Belt.


Posted by robert casey on October 25, 2007, 2:22 pm
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 K. M. Kirby, esq. wrote:
> Since Ceres is the next planet out, in terms of exploration potential,
> I wonder what it would take to get a rover out there.

Let's see what Dawn, an orbiter, finds, first.
One topic of
> study could be its regularity of asteroid impacts, due to being
> located in the Asteroid Belt.

The orbiter will be able to do that.
>

Posted by windbag on December 20, 2007, 7:03 pm
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> K. M. Kirby, esq. wrote:
>
> > SinceCeresis the next planet out, in terms of exploration potential,
> > I wonder what it would take to get a rover out there.
>
> Let's see what Dawn, an orbiter, finds, first.
> One topic of
>
> > study could be its regularity of asteroid impacts, due to being
> > located in the Asteroid Belt.
>
> The orbiter will be able to do that.
>
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The question in my mind is: would the surface of Ceres face a greater
or lesser number of impact events?

Posted by Peter Munn on December 21, 2007, 8:11 pm
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Leafing through alt.sci.planetary, I read windbag's message of Thu, 20
Dec 2007:

>> K. M. Kirby, esq. wrote:
>> One topic of
>> > study could be its regularity of asteroid impacts, due to being
>> > located in the Asteroid Belt.

>The question in my mind is: would the surface of Ceres face a greater
>or lesser number of impact events?

More than our Moon, I would think. Probably more than Mars due to the
number of small bodies in the belt, although Martian gravity may focus
potential impactors onto impact trajectories more effectively.
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