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Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (animation)

Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (animation)
Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (animation) This animation is composed of 20 images gathered over a period of about an hour for optical navigation purposes. Dawn was 237,000 kilometers from Ceres at the time. NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Emily Lakdawalla