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Cratered Surface of Ceres

Cratered Surface of Ceres
Photojournal: PIA18923
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 2, 2015

The surface of Ceres is covered with craters of many shapes and sizes, as seen in this new mosaic of the dwarf planet comprised of images taken by NASA's Dawn mission on Feb. 19, 2015 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers).

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