Type III Ceres Landslide (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Type III Ceres Landslide

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Ceres' Type III features appear to form when some of the ice is melted during impact events. These landslides at low latitudes are always found coming from large-impact craters.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, taken by Dawn Framing Camera

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