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Dawn LAMO Image 185

Dawn LAMO Image 185
Photojournal: PIA20947
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 4, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spied Achita Crater on Ceres in this view captured on June 3, 2016, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface. Achita is named for a Nigerian god of agriculture and is 25 miles (40 kilometers) wide.

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