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Gaue Crater -- Ceres

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA2015-08-25

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NASA's Dawn Spacecraft took this image of Gaue crater, the large crater on the bottom, on Ceres. Gaue is a Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made in harvesting rye.

The center of this crater is sunken in. Its diameter is 84 kilometers (52 miles). The resolution of the image is 450 feet (140 meters) per pixel.

The image was taken from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers) on August 18, 2015.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19633

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  • Title: Gaue Crater -- Ceres
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
  • Date Created: 2015-08-25
  • Rights: JPL
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