
This image shows Sekhet Crater, at right, in a shadowy scene from Ceres. Sekhet is 25 miles wide 41 kilometers wide. NASA Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 15, 2016. A smooth plain surrounds the smaller crater at left. A smooth plain surrounds the smaller crater at left. A different view of this crater can be found at PIA20390. Dawn took this image from its low-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel. This view is centered at approximately 67 degrees south latitude, 249 degrees east longitude. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20828
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NASA ID
PIA20828
Date Created
July 14, 2016
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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