Ceres: 24 January 2004 00:15 UT

esahubble_opo0527i September 7th, 2005

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

Observations of Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a "mini planet," and may contain large amounts of pure water ice beneath its surface.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0527i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Ceres
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Ultraviolet (U)	330.0 nm

ID: opo0527i
Subject Category: A.2.1
Subject Name: Ceres
Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park), and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)

Release Date: 2005-09-07T20:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0527i/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: N/A

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Orange, Blue

Band: Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass: V, U
Central Wavelength: 555, 330

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Equinox: J2000
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Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0527i

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0527i.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-08-23T12:25:17-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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