We just got the closest look we've ever had at the tiny planet on the other side of Mars
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft just completed its last and closest lap around dwarf planet Ceres.
The spacecraft passed just 240 miles above the planet and captured the most detailed images of Ceres that we've ever seen.
Keep scrolling to get a close-up peek at this mysterious planet.
Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt — a grouping of small rocky bodies that separates Mars from the outer planets in our solar system.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDAScientists have obsessed over Ceres ever since Dawn returned images that showed mysterious bright spots speckling the planet.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDAWe now know the spots are likely salt deposits, but Ceres has a lot of other striking features that we can now see up close.
NASAScientists think they've finally solved the mystery of the strange bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres >
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