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Description	English: This image of the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the northern hemisphere. Prominently featured is Occator Crater, home of Ceres' intriguing brightest areas. At 57 miles (92 kilometers) wide and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, Occator displays evidence of recent geologic activity. The latest research suggests that the bright material in this crater is comprised of salts left behind after a briny liquid emerged from below, froze and then sublimated, meaning it turned from ice into vapor. Dawn took this image on Oct. 17 from its second extended-mission science orbit (XMO2), at a distance of about 920 miles (1,480 kilometers) above the surface. The image resolution is about 460 feet (140 meters) per pixel.
Date	Taken on 17 October 2016
Source	https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/science/nasa-dawn-ceres-vesta-asteroids-end.html image link; see also https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21078
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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