Very, very cool. #ddtb
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The spacecraft Dawn is now skimming the surface of the asteroid Vesta at a height of just 200 km, taking its highest-res images yet. It'll stay at this altitude for the next five months, and then it'll set its sights for the next destination: Ceres.
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Dawn dips down to Vesta | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Astronomy | Ceres | Last July, the spacecraft Dawn slipped into orbit around Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system — the first time a probe had ever orbited a ma
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