Occator Crater – Spaceflight Now

September 24, 2018

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Scientists thrilled with closer views of Ceres’ famous salty crater

July 3, 2018

Fresh pictures from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft have provided the sharpest glimpse yet of the bright salt deposits discovered inside a crater on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.