Nasa's Dawn probe achieves orbit around Ceres

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Source: BBC

6 March 2015 Last updated at 14:45 GMT

Nasa's Dawn probe achieves orbit around Ceres

By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent

The US space agency, Nasa, has confirmed that its Dawn probe has gone into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

It has taken the satellite 7.5 years to reach its destination, and it will spend the next 14 months mapping the diminutive world.

Ceres is the first of the dwarf planets to be visited by a spacecraft.

It should tell us something about the origins of the Solar System.

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Artist's impression

[Stargazer09]

1. I'm excited!

I can't wait to see what surprises we will discover at Ceres.