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First image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft after entering orbit around Vesta

Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
First image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft after entering orbit around Vesta
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Uploader comment: NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on July 17, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away from the protoplanet Vesta.


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