... Dawn snaps its best-yet image of dwarf planet Ceres . ... CERES | ... From about three times the distance from Earth to the Moon, NASA's Dawn spacecraft spies its final destination the dwarf planet Ceres. ... The Dawn spacecraft has delivered a glimpse of Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, in a new image taken 740,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from the dwarf planet. ... Dawn will be captured into Ceres orbit in March, marking the first visit to a dwarf planet by a spacecraft. ...