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View of Ceres' Limb
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View of Ceres' Limb

NASA / JPL · 2019-01-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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Dawn captured this view on May 19, 2018. The image shows the limb of Ceres at about 270E, 30N looking south. The spatial resolution is about 200 feet (60 meters) per pixel in the nearest parts of the image. The impact crater to the right (only partially visible) is Ninsar, named after a Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation. It is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) in diameter. The conclusion of Dawn's mission operations was Oct.

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Credit lineView of Ceres' Limb. NASA/JPL, 2019-01-23. Public domain. ID: PIA23017.
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