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Dawn LAMO Image 112

Dawn LAMO Image 112
Photojournal: PIA20652
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 17, 2016

This image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater near the dwarf planet's equator. The view is centered at approximately 6 degrees south latitude, 230 degrees east longitude.

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