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Chronology and Cratering at Vesta: First Results from Dawn's Survey Orbit

In early August 2011 the Dawn spacecraft enters its Survey Orbit about Vesta to start a one year long mapping mission utilizing four science experiments. We will present our methods and results of preliminary age determinations of some of the major surface units of Vesta based on imaging data of the Framing Camera Experiment.

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