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Two Views of Crescent Ceres, 1 March 2015

Two Views of Crescent Ceres, 1 March 2015
Two Views of Crescent Ceres, 1 March 2015 As Dawn maneuvers into orbit, its trajectory takes it to the opposite side of Ceres from the sun, providing these crescent views. These pictures (part of the OpNav 5 activity), were taken on March 1 at a distance of 30,000 miles (49,000 kilometers). NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA