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Jumat, 17 April 2015

Dawn Glimpses Ceres' North Pole

" After spending more than a month in
orbit on the dark side of dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has
captured several views of the sunlit north pole of this intriguing
world. These images were taken on April 10 from a distance of 21,000
miles (33,000 kilometers), and they represent the highest-resolution
views of Ceres to date.

Subsequent images of Ceres will show surface features at increasingly better resolution.

Dawn
arrived at Ceres on March 6, marking the first time a spacecraft has
orbited a dwarf planet. Previously, the spacecraft explored giant
asteroid Vesta for 14 months from 2011 to 2012. Dawn has the distinction
of being the only spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial targets.

Ceres,
with an average diameter of about 590 miles (950 kilometers), is the
largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dawn
has been using its ion propulsion system to maneuver to its first
science orbit at Ceres, which it will reach on April 23. The spacecraft
will remain at a distance of 8,400 miles (13,500 kilometers) from the
dwarf planet until May 9. Afterward, it will make its way to lower
orbits. "



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