NASA unveiled video of the Dawn probe span over Ceres

NASA has created and posted on the Net a colorful animation of the span of the Dawn probe over the planetoid Ceres. The animation is made up of a series of high-resolution photos taken earlier. In this video is color, Ceres is shown here after appropriate processing in a graphical editor. Reinforced surface colors make it possible to distinguish non-uniform composition, various materials. Scientists believe that the regions painted in blue are newer, there are a large number of cracks, holes and other elements.

The video shows large craters, including the Occator, and the conical mountain Ahuna Mons. I recall that the objects on the surface of Ceres were named after mythical creatures related to agriculture, as well as the corresponding holidays.

The photographs from which the animation sequence was composed were obtained by a probe at an altitude of 1,450 kilometers from the surface of Ceres, from August to October 2015.
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“The flight simulation shows craters of various shapes that were met on Ceres. The observer can see the steep walls of the craters Occator, Dantu and Yalode.

The mission of the Dawn probe, as the first and only one of its kind, this project allowed to study the largest object in the asteroid belt. Before flying to Ceres, the probe studied the asteroid Vesta, from 2011 to 2012. Now the spacecraft is in the lowest orbit - 385 kilometers above the surface of Ceres.