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Dawn Survey Orbit Image 41

Dawn Survey Orbit Image 41
Photojournal: PIA19614
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 5, 2015

This image, taken on June 25, 2015 by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the southern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres. The large crater with a central peak at bottom is Zadeni crater.

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