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Kwanzaa Tholus

Kwanzaa Tholus
Photojournal: PIA21916
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 21, 2017

This image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a subtle feature on Ceres called Kwanzaa Tholus. The rounded shape of Kwanzaa Tholus is typical of tholi.

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