Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
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Dawn is now officially in orbit around (1) Ceres!
Congratulations, NASA. Nice images of crescent Ceres. NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet |
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Apr 21 2015, 09:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 20-December 14 Member No.: 7370 |
A heavily zoomed and exposure enhanced version of the first 3 frames of the bright spot. (this may have introduced artifacts - but overall it allows a better overall visualization IMHO)
I think the these frames clearly show the outline of a crater with the far wall getting the first bit of sunlight. As the sun rises in the crater the crater gets more and more illuminated causing pixel saturation and bleed for the subsequent not shown images, but roughly corresponding to the crater dimensions. [click to animate the GIF] |
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