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Dawn Does Dramatic Fly Over of Ceres, Enters Lower Mapping Orbit: Video
Video caption: This new video animation of Ceres was created from images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at altitudes of 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers) and 3,200 miles (5,100 kilometers) away. Vertical dimension has been exaggerated by a factor of two and a star field added. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission to dwarf planet Ceres have just released a brand new animated video showing a dramatic fly over of the heavily cratered world featuring its mysterious bright spots whose exact origin and nature remain elusive.
Meanwhile, the venerable probe has (…)
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Post tags: 1 Ceres, asteroid belt, ceres dawn, dawn, DLR, dwarf planets, Framing camera, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), JPL, Main Asteroid Belt, NASA, vesta
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/120690/dawn-does-dramatic-fly-over-of-ceres-enters-lower-mapping-orbit-video/
