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Dawn RC3 Image 20

Dawn RC3 Image 20
Photojournal: PIA19554
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 1, 2015

This image of Ceres is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 7, 2015, from a distance of 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers).

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