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The organization on July 28 released some stunning maps of Ceres, which is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that has been getting examined by the Dawn spacecraft since March.
New maps of Ceres show the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots and huge, pyramid-shaped mountain in a new light. The new maps of Ceres come courtesy of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been ...
NASA has just released a stunning new topographic map of Ceres, the other dwarf planet astronomers are getting to study up close and personal this summer. Unlike Pluto’s freakishly smooth and ...
A new set of color-coded maps released by NASA is offering amazing views and fresh data on the dwarf planet Ceres. One map shows more than a dozen recently approved names for features on Ceres ...
NASA has released aglobal color map of the dwarf planet Ceres showing the highs and lowsof topography on the rocky body's surface. The new map comes with newofficial names for many of the craters ...
Colorful new maps of Ceres, based on data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, showcase a diverse topography, with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as 9 miles (15 ...
The Dawn probe is in a low-altitude orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. False-color map Sept. 30 A spinnable map of Ceres, with prominent features named.
Some regions of Ceres have more craters than others. Maps created by the Dawn spacecraft, in orbit around Ceres since March (SN: 4/4/15, p. 9), show that areas with the fewest craters overlap ...
While establishing an orbit around Ceres on March 6 was a significant milestone for Dawn, the spacecraft was able to gather some insightful information during its initial approach to the dwarf planet.
New maps of Ceres provide insights into the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots and pyramid shaped mountains. The maps, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, were unveiled by astronomers at the ...
NASA's Dawn spacecraft made history on March 6 when it became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet. That dwarf planet is called Ceres, and we're finally seeing the first close up images of it.