Surface feature · Ceres
Occator Crater
A crater on the dwarf planet Ceres famous for its bright deposits — salts left behind by briny water that reached the surface, hinting at a subsurface reservoir.
Highlights
- ›Ceres's bright salt deposits
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Knowledge connections
- Member of groupImpact Crater
- Located onCeres
- Associated withDawn
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
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