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Northern hemisphere terrain on Ceres

Northern hemisphere terrain on Ceres
Northern hemisphere terrain on Ceres Dawn had this view near 0 degrees longitude in the northern hemisphere on Sept. 9 in its third mapping cycle at an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). Oxo crater on the right, which shows bright material inside and out as well as a peculiar shape, is slightly over five miles (nearly nine kilometers) in diameter. The crater is named for the god of agriculture for the Yoruba people of Brazil.Full image and caption. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA