New image release represents highest resolution view of Occator crater to date

A new NASA image release is granting the highest-resolution view of the now-famous Occator crater – the most distinctive geological feature on the dwarf planet Ceres to date. The images were snapped by NASA's Dawn spacecraft at a height of 915 miles (1,470 km) as it continues to observe Ceres from its third mapping orbit.

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Section: Space

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• Ceres
• Dawn
• Dwarf planet
• NASA

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