Monday, January 19, 2015

Ceres coming into view

NASA released some new images of Ceres as the Dawn spacecraft gets closer. 


Three are hints of craters.  Here is also an animation that shows the rotation. 






Ceres is the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system and contains a huge amount of water.  I've said it before, this should be a priority for exploration.  Read more about Ceres here (link). 

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