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Earth’s and Ceres’ orbits

Earth’s and Ceres’ orbits
Earth’s and Ceres’ orbits Earth’s and Ceres’ orbits will bring them to their minimum separation on July 22. Earth’s orbit is shown in green and Ceres’ is in purple. Dawn’s interplanetary trajectory is in blue. Compare this figure with the ones depicting Dawn and Earth on opposite sides of the sun in December 2014 and showing Dawn equidistant from Earth and the sun in April 2015. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA