Image:Ceres.jpg

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Description

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this images of the asteroid 1 Ceres. The bright spot that appears in the image is a mystery. It is brighter than its surroundings. Yet it is still very dark, reflecting only a small portion of the sunlight that shines on it.

Source

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/27/text/ (Cropped from original image)

Date

Image released 2005 September 7

Author

NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), and L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park), and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)

Permission
(Reusing this image)

Unless otherwise specifically stated, no claim to copyright is being asserted by STScI and it may be freely used as in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract. [...] [1]

Other versions Image:Ceres_Rotation.jpg


Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that NASA and ESA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555 and for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. [2] or [3].

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current13:22, 9 September 2005136×130 (2 KB)Vesta ({{Information| |Description = This image of the asteroid 1 Ceres was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The bright spot that appears in the image is a mystery. It is brighter than its surroundings. Yet it is still very dark, reflecting only a small )
22:44, 31 August 2005316×321 (6 KB)Vesta (* '''Description''': Using a camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers were able to take a series of ultraviolet images of the asteroid. These images, which have the highest resolution ever seen with the Hubble, show features as small as 50 )
16:52, 25 August 2005540×540 (20 KB)Vesta (* '''Description''': Asteroid (1) Ceres. Image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. * '''Source''': http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=545 * '''Image Policy''': Sess http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/policy/ {{PD-USGov-NASA}} [[Category:Aste)
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