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Views of Ceres on Approach

Views of Ceres on Approach
February 25, 2015
Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA Number PIA19183
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These images of dwarf planet Ceres, processed to enhance clarity, were taken on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of about 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers), by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn observed Ceres completing one full rotation, lasting about nine hours