NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Flight Over Occator Crater

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lBIetIEQtUM

December 15, 2016

Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Language	english

This video shows the intriguing Occator Crater on Ceres, home to the dwarf planet's brightest area.

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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Flight Over Occator Crater