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Dawn Survey Orbit Image 11

Dawn Survey Orbit Image 11
Photojournal: PIA19579
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 22, 2015

A cluster of mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres can be seen in this image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2015.

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