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Which space probe has orbited the most small bodies?
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Quick Answer
NASA’s Dawn mission is the only spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies: Vesta and Ceres.
The Full Story
Dawn stands out because it orbited two different bodies beyond Earth: the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. It used ion propulsion to travel efficiently between targets in the asteroid belt. Dawn orbited Vesta from 2011 to 2012 and Ceres from 2015 until mission end in 2018. This makes it unique in planetary exploration history. The mission revealed a great deal about the formation and evolution of rocky bodies in the early Solar System.
Key Facts
1.Orbited Vesta and Ceres
2.Used ion propulsion
3.Mission ended in 2018
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