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2. Dawn (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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   Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. [1] In the fulfillment of that mission—the ninth in NASA's Discovery Program — Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, and completed a 14-month survey ...

3. Ceres (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

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   Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first known asteroid , discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily , and announced as a new planet .

4. List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft

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   Space probe broke orbit on 5 September 2012 and headed to Ceres; first "big four" asteroid visited by a spacecraft, largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft at the time. 4179 Toutatis: 2.45: 1934 Chang'e 2: 2012 3.2 0.70 Flyby; [1] closest asteroid flyby, first asteroid visited by a Chinese probe. 1 Ceres: 939.4 1801 Dawn: 2015–2018: 35 0.07

5. Asteroid will strike Earth later today, astronomers say – but ...

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   The Earth will be hit by a tiny asteroid today, astronomers have said. But the tiny asteroid – which is roughly one metre in size – will burn up in the atmosphere as it arrives.

6. Legacy.com - Wikipedia

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   The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]

7. Pieces of distant, ancient asteroid arrive on Earth from Nasa ...

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   Sample of asteroid Bennu will help tell us where we came from, scientists hope Pieces of distant, ancient asteroid arrive on Earth from Nasa spacecraft, after travelling billions of miles Skip to ...

8. One killed in Ceres traffic collision, driver arrested on ...

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   A 21-year-old Hughson woman, Michelle Echeverria, was killed in a traffic collision near the intersection of Hatch Road and Faith Home Road in Ceres on Thursday, according to officials.

9. Geology of Ceres - Wikipedia

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   Dawn was launched in September 2007 with the mission of studying Ceres and the asteroid 4 Vesta. The spacecraft entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011, and completed a 14-month survey mission before leaving for Ceres in late 2012. It went into orbit around Ceres on March 6, 2015.