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Dawn’s mapping orbits Dawn’s four mapping orbits, shown to scale in altitude with the size of Ceres, which is about 590 miles (950 kilometers) in diameter. See this table for descriptions of the orbits and links to the activities scheduled for each. NASA / JPL-Caltech