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The only spacecraft to orbit one solar system target, Vesta, and then orbit another: Ceres! Thx ion propulsion. Dawn's Communications team

the main asteroid belt
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  1. The colorful topography of Ceres' mystery mountain

  2. A small patch of bright material close to the northern rim of Yalode Crater on

  3. Look closely -- do you see the boulders in & around this crater on ?

  4. Note the rough spurs of compacted material along the lower edge of the crater at left

  5. ICYMI: New views of the mountain Ahuna Mons on

  6. In reply to

    . Ahuna Mons has an average overall height of 2.5 miles (4 km). On its steepest side it is about 3 miles (5 km) high

  7. Behold, the mountain Ahuna Mons, a unique treasure of . As seen from my lowest orbit:

  8. Fun fact: Today at , I'm farther from Earth than I've ever been (3.953 AU).

  9. Sometimes 's pics almost look like . Welcome home! Today's image is for you.

  10. Note the complex of central peaks and roughly parallel fractures in this crater

  11. Azacca Crater on has a prominent set of north-south trending fractures

  12. The southwestern rim of Sintana Crater on shows a hummocky surface

  13. "It requires more pictures to fully map than you might expect"- my chief engineer

  14. Sekhet Crater has a kink in its rim, suggesting a variation in material at that spot

  15. Re: Occator bright spots & mountain: New images are being processed and are expected next month. Stay tuned!

  16. Here's another view from the same part of I shared a pic from last week

  17. Oblique views of like this one let us see how rough the topography is

  18. The young Juling Crater has prominent spurs of compacted material along its walls

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