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Serena Crater

Serena Crater
Photojournal: PIA15652
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 16, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows Serena crater, located in the Sextilia quadrangle, southern hemisphere. A mound of material is seen in the center of the crater and many small craters scattered over Serena crater.

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