Tag: Ceres
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Could these bright spots on Ceres be ice volcanoes?
This image taken by Dawn’s framing camera Feb. 19 at a range of 29,000 miles shows two bright spots on the same basin on Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA The discovery of puzzling bright spots on Ceres, the Texas-sized world now being studied by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, has scientists wondering whether the features could be plumes from…
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Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting better
These two views of Ceres were acquired by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2015, from a distance of about 52,000 miles (83,000 kilometers) as the dwarf planet rotated. The images, which were taken about 10 hours apart, have been magnified from their original size. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on approach to…
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Dawn revealing unprecedented views of dwarf planet Ceres
Views of Ceres taken by Dawn on Feb. 4 at a range of 90,000 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI Fresh imagery from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveal the icy dwarf planet Ceres in new detail, showing surface features coming into focus as the probe nears insertion into orbit for a comprehensive survey of the unexplored world. The pictures…
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Dawn’s camera resolves fuzzy features on Ceres
Ceres is seen by Dawn’s framing camera at a range of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is tantalizing scientists with new imagery of Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, as the probe closes in on the icy world for 16 months of up-close observations. The…
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Dawn begins final approach to dwarf planet Ceres
Artist’s concept of the Dawn spacecraft firing its ion propulsion system on approach to Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has begun its final approach to the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, for an in-depth survey of the uncharted world. The solar-powered space probe is scheduled to arrive at Ceres…