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NASA releases new Ceres photo, animation
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Jan 20, 2015
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NASA releases new Ceres photo, animation
The photo comes from Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Dawn spacecraft on its final approach of a historic exploration over seven years in the making.
This raw image, taken Jan. 13, 2015, shows dwarf planet Ceres as seen from the Dawn spacecraft on its approach. Dawn's framing camera took this image at 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers) from Ceres. - See more at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/animation_of_ceres.asp#sthash.mMIBLEZk.dpuf
This raw image, taken Jan. 13, 2015, shows dwarf planet Ceres as seen from the Dawn spacecraft on its approach. Dawn's framing camera took this image at 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers) from Ceres. - See more at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/animation_of_ceres.asp#sthash.mMIBLEZk.dpuf
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This is a zoomed-in image of the raw image on the left. Surface features have started to become apparent in this image. - See more at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/animation_of_ceres.asp#sthash.mMIBLEZk.dpuf
This is a zoomed-in image of the raw image on the left. Surface features have started to become apparent in this image. - See more at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/animation_of_ceres.asp#sthash.mMIBLEZk.dpuf
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/
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The photo comes from Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Dawn spacecraft on its final approach of a historic exploration over seven years in the making.

NASA has released a new image of the mysterious dwarf planet, Ceres.

The photo and animation come from Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Dawn spacecraft on its final approach of a historic exploration over seven years in the making.     

Dr. Marc Rayman, Dawn's chief engineer and mission director at JPL, has more on this mission.