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Ernutet Crater and Organic Material Detections

Ernutet Crater and Organic Material Detections
Photojournal: PIA21420
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF
Published: February 16, 2017

This enhanced color composite image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft's visible and infrared mapping spectrometer shows the area around Ernutet Crater on Ceres. The instrument detected the evidence of organic materials in this area.

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