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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
Joined November 2009

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  1. Do you see the flecks of bright material in this scene from my new orbit at ?

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  2. You're right, this DOES look a little like BB-8!

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  3. Shadows are deep and dark in these craters, seen from my new orbit

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  4. Postcard from my new orbit: unnamed craters near the equator of

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  5. ICYMI: Victa Crater on as seen from my new orbit

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  6. Victa Crater, named for the Roman goddess of food and nourishment.

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  7. First science images from my low-altitude mapping orbit!

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  8. New image alert! Details from my low-altitude mapping orbit here:

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  9. Lots of small-scale, linear troughs in this view of Yalode Crater on

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  10. Sintana Crater (36 mi or 58 km wide), at top right, on

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  11. A view of with Sintana Crater (36 mi or 58 km wide), at top right

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  12. A distinctive flow feature extends into Ghanan Crater on

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  13. This month's Dawn Journal: What I've done in 2015 at and what's ahead

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  14. Fact: My current orbit period is 5.4 hours at

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  15. This crater on is surrounded by asymmetric ejecta made of light and dark material

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  16. Happy 2016! I'll be busy continuing my exploration of this year!

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  17. Happy new year! And note this anniversary: Giuseppe Piazzi discovered 215 years ago today!

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