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Dawn RC3 Image 6

Dawn RC3 Image 6
Photojournal: PIA19538
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 6, 2015
This image of Ceres is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft April 24 to 26, 2015, from a distance of 8,500 miles (13,500 kilometers).

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