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Ceres Sharper Than Ever (Animation)

Ceres Sharper Than Ever (Animation)
Photojournal: PIA19171
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 27, 2015

This frame from an animation of the dwarf planet Ceres was made by combining images taken by the Dawn spacecraft on January 25, 2015. These images of Ceres, and they represent the highest-resolution views to date of the dwarf planet.

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