{"id":24723,"date":"2011-12-21T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/dawn-at-vesta.html"},"modified":"2011-12-21T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T00:06:05","slug":"dawn-at-vesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/dawn-at-vesta.html","title":{"rendered":"Dawn at Vesta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very, very cool. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Philip Plait<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Very, very cool. #ddtb Reshared post from +Philip Plait 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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