IN SPACE – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory uploaded a video last Tuesday (March 22) showcasing the rich-in-detail images captured by the Dawn spacecraft while orbiting above dwarf planet Ceres over the last year.
The “Unveiling Ceres” video reveals detailed sights of Ceres highest mountain Ahuna Mons and the Haulani, Oxo and Urvara Craters, as well as the dwarf planet’s brightest region, the 80-million-year-old Occator Crater, as explained by Dawn Chief Engineer and Mission Director Marc Rayman in the video.
Rayman says in the video that as the Dawn’s exploration progressed, the spacecraft was able to gradually shorten its distance to Ceres.
Consequently the Dawn is now orbiting only 240 miles above the dwarf planet, which means it’s currently closer to it than the International Space Station (ISS) is to planet Earth.
