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Bright Spots in Ceres' Second Mapping Orbit

Bright Spots in Ceres' Second Mapping Orbit

Photojournal: PIA19568

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: June 10, 2015

The brightest spots on dwarf planet Ceres are seen in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 6, 2015.

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