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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-18 Pluto New Horizons
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In April 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observed 1994 JR1, a 90-mile (145-kilometer) wide Kuiper Belt object (KBO) orbiting more than 3 billion miles (5 billion kilometers) from the sun.
PIA20589:
New Horizons Collects First Science on a Post-Pluto Object Animation Icon
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This illustration shows how NASA's New Horizons' Alice ultraviolet spectrometer instrument 'watched' as two bright ultraviolet stars passed behind Pluto and its atmosphere.
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First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-19 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Attis Crater on Ceres, which measures 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter. The long shadows in and around the crater reflect Attis's far-southern location.
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Dawn LAMO Image 92
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This image captured by NASA Dawn spacecraft shows small craters within Meanderi Crater on Ceres, which measures 64 miles 103 kilometers in diameter.
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Dawn LAMO Image 93
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-20 Pluto New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons scientists have spotted an expanse of terrain they describe as 'fretted' (bright plains divided into polygon-shaped blocks by a network of dark, connected valleys) in Pluto's informally named Venera Terra region.
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Pluto's 'Fretted' Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-23 Ceres Dawn
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater within the floor of the Mondamin impact basin, which lies in the southern hemisphere of Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 94
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a network of canyon-like features near the center of Ezinu Crater on Ceres. Ezinu measures about 72 miles (116 kilometers) in diameter and was named for the Sumerian goddess of grain
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Dawn LAMO Image 95
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows craters in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. The large crater at lower left displays several bright streaks on its walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 96
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows craters near the equator of Ceres. Faint patches and streaks of bright material can be seen in various parts of the scene. The two largest craters have streaks of material on their walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 97
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of the northeastern rim of Yalode Crater, one of the largest impact features on Ceres. A set of narrow, roughly parallel fractures can be seen at top center.
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Dawn LAMO Image 98
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-27 Pluto New Horizons
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This frame from a movie, which extends across the hemisphere that faced New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015, includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe.
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New Horizons' Best Close-Up of Pluto's Surface (movie) Animation Icon
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This mosaic strip, extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015, now includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe.
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New Horizons' Best Close-Up of Pluto's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-31 Ceres Dawn
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain on Ceres in which the rim of a more recent impact crater, at center, has partially collapsed into its adjacent neighbor, just below. Boulders are visible in and around the younger, smaller crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 99
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This Ceres scene captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an ancient crater wall that has been disrupted, possibly by a landslide.
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Dawn LAMO Image 100
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-01 Pluto New Horizons
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Like a cosmic lava lamp, a large section of Pluto's icy surface is being constantly renewed by a process called convection that replaces older surface ices with fresher material as evidenced by NASA's New Horizons.
PIA20726:
Pluto's Heart: Like a Cosmic 'Lava Lamp'
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater in the northern hemisphere of Ceres with spurs of compacted material on its walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 101
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-02 Pluto New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image was obtained at a high phase angle, that is, with the sun on the other side of Pluto.
PIA20727:
Secrets Revealed from Pluto's 'Twilight Zone'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-03 Ceres Dawn
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This picture captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater that lies just north of Occator Crater, home of the brightest spots on Ceres. The northern rim of Occator, not visible here, is overprinted on the southern rim this crater.
PIA20682:
Dawn LAMO Image 102
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This picture captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of the northern rim of Occator Crater, which measures 57 miles (92 kilometers) across and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep.
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Dawn LAMO Image 103
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This picture captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater in the southern hemisphere of Ceres with a complex of central peaks.
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Dawn LAMO Image 104
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. At upper left, material from the rim of a fresher crater appears to have slumped into its neighbor.
PIA20685:
Dawn LAMO Image 105
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Ceres known as Erntedank Planum, a broad plateau 345 miles (555 kilometers) wide. The terrain seen here lies just to the southeast of Occator Crater, home of Ceres' brightest region.
PIA20646:
Dawn LAMO Image 106
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-09 Pluto New Horizons
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This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands informally named Krun Macula.
PIA20732:
The Jagged Shores of Pluto's Highlands
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This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands informally named Krun Macula.
PIA20733:
The Jagged Shores of Pluto's Highlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-10 Ceres Dawn
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This pair of craters is located in the northern hemisphere of Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The wall of the older crater (lower of the two) has partially collapsed where it adjoins the rim of its younger neighbor.
PIA20647:
Dawn LAMO Image 107
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft sees Occator Crater, home of the brightest area on Ceres, also has an intriguing rim. The jagged slopes of this basin, and linear features on its floor, contrast with the relatively smooth terrain around it.
PIA20648:
Dawn LAMO Image 108
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Patches of bright material can be seen on the walls of a relatively fresh crater on Ceres in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA20649:
Dawn LAMO Image 109
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features the sharp rim of a steep-walled crater on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 110
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Tupo Crater, named for a Polynesian god of turmeric, is featured in this view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. This impact feature is 22 miles (36 kilometers) in diameter and features a prominent central ridge of mountain.
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Dawn LAMO Image 111
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This image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater near the dwarf planet's equator. The view is centered at approximately 6 degrees south latitude, 230 degrees east longitude.
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Dawn LAMO Image 112
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The iconic bright spots of Occator Crater are seen up close in this image of Ceres. This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveals a central dome with linear features on and around it.
PIA20653:
Dawn LAMO Image 113
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Two adjoining craters on Ceres are featured in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. A lobe-shaped feature is prominent in the larger crater's interior. Bright material is visible at the intersection of the two craters.
PIA20654:
Dawn LAMO Image 114
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Datan Crater is featured in this scene from Ceres captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Datan is imprinted on the older Geshtin Crater, whose terrain fills the rest of the view.
PIA20693:
Dawn LAMO Image 115
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows impact craters near Ceres' equator where material from the rim of one crater has apparently collapsed into its neighbor. A variety of large boulders are visible within the younger crater at top.
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Dawn LAMO Image 116
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft imaged this terrain, adjacent to Occator Crater on Ceres, which is immediately to the left of this view. This relatively smooth, lightly cratered area is part of the ejecta blanket of Occator.
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Dawn LAMO Image 117
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features the rugged rim of Occator Crater at left. A number of thin fractures are visible, roughly parallel to the rim.
PIA20818:
Dawn LAMO Image 118
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This image shows the rim of Ikapati Crater on Ceres, which lies in the dwarf planet's northern hemisphere. Groupings of roughly parallel, narrow, linear fractures can be seen inside and outside the crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 119
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Smooth terrain around the western rim of Ikapati Crater on Ceres is visible in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The area contains material ejected from Ikapati during its formation.
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Dawn LAMO Image 120
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The inset perspective view from NASA's Dawn space of Ceres' bright spot Occator Crator is overlaid with data concerning the composition. Red signifies a high abundance of carbonates, while gray indicates a low carbonate abundance.
PIA20694:
Occator Crater and Carbonates
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Cratered terrain in the northern hemisphere of Ceres is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The scene is dotted with small impacts among larger, more ancient craters.
PIA20821:
Dawn LAMO Image 121
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Two overlapping, unnamed craters with long shadows are seen high in the northern hemisphere of Ceres, captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on April 21, 2016.
PIA20822:
Dawn LAMO Image 122
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A portion of the rugged rim of Occator Crater is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Occator, a young crater approximately 80 million years old.
PIA20823:
Dawn LAMO Image 123
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 13, 2016, showing the limb of Ceres from above an equatorial region east of Kirnis Crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 124
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 13, 2016, showing the limb of Ceres from above an equatorial region east of Kirnis Crater.
PIA20825:
Dawn LAMO Image 125
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This image, created using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows craters (blue markings) called 'cold traps'. These shadowed craters may have been collecting ice for billions of years because they are so cold.
PIA20696:
Shadowed Craters on Ceres
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This image shows cratered terrain on dwarf planet Ceres, seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 15, 2016. The image is centered at approximately 3 degrees north latitude, 208 degrees east longitude.
PIA20826:
Dawn LAMO Image 126
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A portion of the rim of giant Yalode Crater is seen in this image of Ceres. Yalode is approximately 162 miles (260 kilometers) in diameter. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 15, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 127
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This image shows Sekhet Crater, at right, in a shadowy scene from Ceres. Sekhet is 25 miles wide (41 kilometers wide). NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 15, 2016. A smooth plain surrounds the smaller crater at left.
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Dawn LAMO Image 128
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After a 9.5-year voyage covering more than three billion miles, NASA's New Horizons flew through the Pluto system on July 14, 2015, coming within 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers) of Pluto itself.
PIA20742:
Imagine a Landing on Pluto Animation Icon
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Homshuk Crater, left, on Ceres. This crater was named for a corn spirit originating with the Popoluca people of southern Mexico.
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Dawn LAMO Image 129
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this moody scene on Ceres, located within Zadeni Crater, named for the ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvest. Dawn saw Zadeni at approximately 76 miles (120 kilometers) in diameter on June 15, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 130
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A cluster of bright areas in Ceres' Occator Crater are seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. These areas are not as bright as the material at the center of the crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 131
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The rim of the crater blocks sunlight coming from the right, creating a moody scene on Ceres. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 16, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 132
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this view from Ceres on June 16, 2016, showing Ernutet Crater (32 miles, 52 kilometers in diameter) at top.
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Dawn LAMO Image 133
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Liber Crater is featured at lower left in this image from Ceres. Named for the Roman god of agriculture, Liber is 14 miles (23 kilometers). NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 16, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 134
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on Feb. 4, 2016, showing a double impact feature at high northern latitudes on Ceres, just south of the large crater named Ghanan.
PIA20835:
Dawn LAMO Image 135
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. Most of the image is the impact crater named Annona (37 miles, 60 kilometers across); the smaller, prominent crater at upper left is unnamed.
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Dawn LAMO Image 136
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 7, 2016, showing a small crater within the larger southern hemisphere crater named Mondamin on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 137
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The scene shows a complex of craters in mid-southern latitudes on Ceres, just west of the peaks known as Niman Rupes. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 15, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 138
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Terrain shown in this view from Ceres lies within the large, southern hemisphere impact basin named Zadeni. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 17, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 139
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This view taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 17, 2016 from Ceres' northern hemisphere shows parts of Datan Crater (at left) and Geshtin Crater (at right).
PIA20860:
Dawn LAMO Image 140
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The low angle of sunlight creates stark shadows in this Cerean scene. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 17, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 141
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This view, taken on June 17, 2016 from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the rim of Ernutet Crater (32 miles, 52 kilometers in diameter) on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 142
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This artist's concept shows a diagram of how the inside of Ceres could be structured, based on data about the dwarf planet's gravity field from NASA's Dawn mission.
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Interior Structure of Ceres (Artist's Concept)
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This view taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 17, 2016, features Liber Crater in Ceres' northern hemisphere, at right.
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Dawn LAMO Image 143
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an unnamed impact feature that lies on the northern rim of Chaminuka Crater in Ceres' southern hemisphere.
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Dawn LAMO Image 144
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft views a crater at top center that touches the rim of Messor Crater (25 miles, 40 kilometers), shown at left.
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Dawn LAMO Image 145
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Rao Crater (7 miles, 12 kilometers) at center left. on May 30, 2016.
PIA20868:
Dawn LAMO Image 146
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft looked northward toward the limb of Ceres to capture this scene, with Rao Crater (7 miles, 12 kilometers) at bottom.
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Dawn LAMO Image 147
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain near the center of the crater Vinotonus in Ceres' northern hemisphere. Vinotonus is named for a Celtic god of vines known from Britain.
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Dawn LAMO Image 148
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows peaks in the center of Dantu Crater (78 miles, 125 kilometers) on Ceres. Dantu is named for a Ghanan god associated with the planting of corn.
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Dawn LAMO Image 149
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft looked down on Ceres' equatorial region to capture this view of intensely cratered terrain. The image is centered at approximately 3 degrees south latitude, 267 degrees east longitude, just south of Kimis Crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 150
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain on Ceres centered at approximately 37 degrees south latitude, 51 degrees east longitude.
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Dawn LAMO Image 151
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This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the rim of Sintana Crater (36 miles, 58 kilometers wide) was taken on May 27, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 152
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this view of shadowed craters near Ceres' north pole at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface on May 28, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 153
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this view on May 28, 2016, showing a relatively young crater with smooth walls and a sharp rim. The crater has a prominent central ridge, imprinted upon the rim of the larger Datan Crater, lying toward the lower right.
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Dawn LAMO Image 154
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this tortured landscape just south of Ghanan Crater on Ceres on May 28, 2016, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface.
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Dawn LAMO Image 155
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft spied this relatively smooth area of Ceres' surface, which includes the feature named Dalien Tholus, a dome-shaped feature visible in top right quadrant of the image.
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Dawn LAMO Image 156
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The cone-shaped central peak of a Cerean crater casts a long shadow in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 28, 2016 from its low-altitude mapping orbit above Ceres at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface.
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Dawn LAMO Image 157
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An area along the rim of the crater at the center of this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, has collapsed, producing a lobe-shaped feature where the material settled.
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Dawn LAMO Image 158
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain on Ceres centered at approximately 34 degrees south latitude, 266 degrees east longitude -- between the large basins named Urvara and Yalode.
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Dawn LAMO Image 159
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 29, 2016, shows the eastern rim of Gaue Crater on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 160
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 29, 2016, shows the southern rim of Gaue Crater on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 161
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This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on May 29, 2016, features a small crater at upper left that adjoins Messor Crater.
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Dawn LAMO Image 162
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In July 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observed the Kuiper Belt Object Quaoar, roughly half the size of Pluto. An animated gif is available at the Photojournal.
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New Horizons Spies a Kuiper Belt Animation Icon
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This area seen by NASA's New Horizons is south of Pluto's dark equatorial band informally named Cthulhu Regio, and southwest of the vast nitrogen ice plains informally named Sputnik Planitia.
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Pluto's Methane Snowcaps on the Edge of Darkness (context)
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This area seen by NASA's New Horizons is south of Pluto's dark equatorial band informally named Cthulhu Regio, and southwest of the vast nitrogen ice plains informally named Sputnik Planitia.
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Pluto's Methane Snowcaps on the Edge of Darkness
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on May 29, 206, shows part of the floor and eastern rim on Consus Crater (40 miles or 64 kilometers wide) on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 163
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Ceres' lonely mountain Ahuna Mons is seen in this simulated perspective view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The elevation has been exaggerated by a factor of two.
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Ahuna Mons: Side View
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The small bright crater Oxo, 6 miles (10 kilometers) wide, is seen in this perspective view view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The elevation has been exaggerated by a factor of two.
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Oxo Crater: Side View
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This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 29, 2016, shows craters just south of the large impact basin named Ghanan.
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Dawn LAMO Image 164
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 29, 2016, shows terrain on Ceres centered at approximately 41 degrees north latitude, 308 degrees east longitude. Several features in this view display streaks and patches of bright material.
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Dawn LAMO Image 165
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 30, 2016, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface, shows the center of Gaue Crater (52 miles or 84 kilometers wide) on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 166
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain at 59 degrees north latitude, 89 degrees east longitude on Ceres, just east of the large crater named Omonga.
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Dawn LAMO Image 167
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of Kaikara Crater (45 miles, 72 kilometers wide) on Ceres. The image is centered at 41 degrees north latitude, 226 degrees east longitude.
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Dawn LAMO Image 168
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain on Ceres, centered at 10 degrees south latitude, 197 degrees east longitude.
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Dawn LAMO Image 169
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured on June 1, 2016, shows an older crater on Ceres that is smoothly blanketed by ejecta from the nearby, relatively young crater named Kupalo.
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Dawn LAMO Image 170
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on June 6, 2016, shows Takel Crater (at top left) on Ceres. Takel is 14 miles (22 kilometers) wide and exhibits streaks of bright material on its walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 171
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As NASA's New Horizons approached Pluto in late 2014 and then flew by the planet during the summer of 2015, NASA's Chandra obtained data during four separate observations. During each observation, Chandra detected low-energy X-rays from the small planet.
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X-Rays from Pluto
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, captured on June 1, 2016, shows terrain on Ceres directly south of Kupalo Crater. The area is blanketed by smooth ejecta from Kupalo.
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Dawn LAMO Image 172
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