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Bright Rayed Craters in Tuccia Quadrangle

Bright Rayed Craters in Tuccia Quadrangle
Photojournal: PIA15081
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 16, 2011

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is dominated by bright rayed craters of different sizes. The most prominent bright rayed crater is named Tuccia.

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