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Dawn XMO2 Image 10

Dawn XMO2 Image 10
Photojournal: PIA21230
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 18, 2016

NASA's Dawn took this image on Oct. 17 showing the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the northern hemisphere. A shadowy portion of Occator Crater can be seen at the lower right.

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