Occator Crater, Ceres. Simulated perspective view of the Occator crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, showing a dome (Cerealia Facula) in a smooth-walled pit in the bright centre of the crater. Numerous linear features and fractures crisscrossing the top and flanks of the dome can also be seen. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Occator Crater measures 92 kilometres across and 4 kilometres deep. This cracking may have resulted from the cooling of impact melt, or when the crater floor was uplifted after the crater formed. Imaged by the Framing Camera on NASA's Dawn space probe. | |
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