NASA spacecraft nearing mysterious dwarf planet Ceres
“I’m just delighted that Dawn is now on the doorstep of Ceres,” Jim Green, director of NASA’s planetary science division said in a news conference on Monday. Ceres was discovered…
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“I’m just delighted that Dawn is now on the doorstep of Ceres,” Jim Green, director of NASA’s planetary science division said in a news conference on Monday. Ceres was discovered…
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