article_snippet: Ceres rotates in this sped-up movie comprised of images taken by NASA's Dawn mission during Ceres approach to the dwarf planet.
article_snippet: Ceres continues to baffle astronomers as Dawn orbits the dwarf planet.
article_snippet: This image was taken by the Dawn spacecraft of dwarf planet Ceres on February 19 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 km).
article_snippet: Dawn observed Ceres completing one full rotation, which lasted about nine hours.
article_snippet: The Dawn spacecraft pulled into orbit earlier this month around Ceres Ceres in the asteroid belt.
article_snippet: The probe is currently on the dark side of Ceres and won't emerge until April.
article_snippet: The Dawn spacecraft pulled into orbit earlier this month around Ceres in the asteroid belt.
article_snippet: The probe is currently on the dark side of Ceres and won't emerge until April.
article_snippet: Dawn has been steadily returning stunning animations of Ceres. '
article_snippet: Dawn will be captured into Ceres orbit in March, marking the first visit to a dwarf planet by a spacecraft (artist's impression pictured)
article_snippet: Since launching in 2007, Dawn has already visited Vesta, a giant protoplanet currently located 104 million miles (168 million km) away from Ceres.