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Summary

Description

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope colour image of Ceres, the largest Main Belt asteroid. Astronomers optimized spatial resolution to about 18 km per pixel, enhancing the contrast in these images to bring out features on Ceres' surface, that are both brighter and darker than the average which absorbs 91% of sunlight falling on it. (Original discription by NASA)
Source

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/images/ceres.jpg (Slightly cropped from original)
Date

Taken: December 2003 - January 2004. Released 7 September 2005
Author

NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), and L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park)
Permission

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. [...]

Other versions Image:Ceres_a_cores.jpg

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Orientation Normal
Software used ACD Systems Digital Imaging
File change date and time 22:03, 15 September 2006
Y and C positioning 1
Exif version 2.2
DateTime subseconds 125
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