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Dawn LAMO Image 175

Dawn LAMO Image 175

Photojournal: PIA20937

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: September 20, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this view of Laukumate Crater (19 miles, 30 kilometers wide) on Ceres on June 2, 2016. Laukumate is named for a Latvian goddess of agriculture.

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