Ceres’ Shadowed Craters Over Time

Ceres' Shadowed Craters Over Time
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA21469
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This frame from an animation from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows how the illumination of Ceres' northern hemisphere varies with the dwarf planet's axial tilt, or obliquity.