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Dawn LAMO Image 75

Dawn LAMO Image 75
Photojournal: PIA20570
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 26, 2016

Ernutet Crater is featured in this image from Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ernutet was named for the Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest. The crater measures about 32 miles (52 kilometers) in diameter and is located in the northern hem

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