asteroids Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/asteroids/ Astronomy author and speaker Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:34:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.colinstuart.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-Saturn1-32x32.png asteroids Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/asteroids/ 32 32 166732936 Dawn spacecraft snaps Ceres https://www.colinstuart.net/dawn-spacecraft-snaps-ceres/ https://www.colinstuart.net/dawn-spacecraft-snaps-ceres/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:34:50 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=1754 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting closer to the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt every day. Also classified as a dwarf planet due to its round shape, Ceres is set to be visited by the probe next year. Dawn will start to make its approach on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) and will arrive around Easter. […]

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