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Dawn HAMO Image 62

Dawn HAMO Image 62
Photojournal: PIA20124
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 18, 2015
This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a fresh impact crater with a flat floor. The crater is surrounded by smooth, flow-like ejecta that covers adjacent older impact craters. The crater is about 16 miles (26 kilometers) in diameter.

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