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Dawn probe has sent new pictures of Ceres
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It looked like one of the first images of Ceres received probe i>
As we approach the dwarf planet Ceres Dawn probe sends more clear and detailed pictures of the space object. New photos have got available agency NASA now obtained, when the probe was at a distance of 83,000 kilometers from Ceres. In the pictures already clearly visible craters and those most mysterious svetlnye spots that were visible even at a considerable distance.
According to experts, the more high-quality images will send the probe, the more scientists can obtain information about Ceres. A team of specialists studying a celestial body, is looking forward to March 6 when the probe will go into orbit planetoid. Nevertheless, scientists expect and to get a piece of this period, the responses to arising in the course of rapprochement with Ceres questions.
Currently resolution photos of 7, 8 km by 1 pixel.
This is how the animation looks from previous pictures i>
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt. The diameter of the planet is 950 kilometers. Perhaps for Ceres has huge deposits of water ice. Some scientists believe that under the thick ice crust may exist and liquid water ocean.
And this is - new photos. The difference, as they say, there is i>
If the probe Dawn will be able to successfully take a position on the orbit of Ceres, it will be the first time that the earth was visited by the device dwarf planet, going into orbit. Now a team of experts looks forward to receiving the highest quality pictures of the space object. According to scientists, there can be a lot of surprises.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/246056/
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