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Dawn LAMO Image 185

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spies Achita Crater on Ceres in this view. Achita is named for a Nigerian god of agriculture and is 25 miles (40 kilometers) wide. Dawn took this image on June 3, 2016, 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. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20947

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October 4, 2016

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