Free Astronomy Magazine March-April 2016

MARCH-APRIL 2016 M essor Crater (25 miles or 40 kilometers, wide), located at northern mid-latitudes on Ceres. The scene shows an older crater in which a large lobe-shaped flow partly covers the northern (top) part of the crater floor. The flow is a mass of material ejected when a younger cra- ter formed just north of the rim. Dawn took this image on Dec. 19, 2015, from its low-altitude map- ping orbit (LAMO) from an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel. ▼ U nnamed craters in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 45 degrees south latitude, 325 degrees east longitude. Dawn took this image on Dec. 18, 2015, from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approxi- mate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilome- ters) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel. ▼