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Dawn LAMO Image 152

Dawn LAMO Image 152
Photojournal: PIA20874
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 17, 2016

This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the rim of Sintana Crater (36 miles, 58 kilometers wide) was taken on May 27, 2016.

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