Ceres Is Shown In Most Stunning Detail Ever

Space





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Ceres topography. NASA

A small spacecraft is shooting through the Solar System, dwarfed by the impressive objects in our universe – stars, planets and dwarf planets. Even though the spacecraft, named Dawn, is tiny in comparison to these objects, it has still sent back gorgeous, detailed photographs mapping out the caverns and craters on some of these cosmic beauties. Dawn's latest glorious image? The most detailed map yet of the dwarf planet Ceres.

Ceres can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt. It is made of rock and ice, including water ice.