NEW YORK: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured a new set of high-resolution images of dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken from a distance of 21,000 miles (33,000 km), and will remain there till May 9.
The spacecraft has been moving gradually towards Ceres for the past three years and aims to capture a 3D image. This will lead to the creation of a high-resolution map, showing the dwarf planet. Dawn activated its thrusters in March, to move closer to Ceres and on April 10 high-resolution images of the planet were captured. The spacecraft will move closer to the planet on May 10.
