Ceres: 23 January 2004 23:40 UT

Esahubble_opo0527h_1024

esahubble_opo0527h 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)

The mantle of Ceres, which wraps around the asteroid's core, may be composed of water ice.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0527h/

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
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Ultraviolet (U) 330.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Blue
Esahubble_opo0527h_1280
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ID
opo0527h
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
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0527h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
250.0, 250.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0527h
Metadata Date
2006-08-23T12:24:52-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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