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Dawn LAMO Image 59

Dawn LAMO Image 59
Photojournal: PIA20554
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 4, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Mondamin Crater, an impact feature 78 miles (126 kilometers) in diameter, in the southern hemisphere of Ceres.

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