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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Telescopic Observations _ 2 Pallas observed by SPHERE / VLT

Posted by: antipode Aug 8 2020, 12:25 AM

That thing has taken a hell of a pounding!

Still looks like a very interesting object though.

https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/246670/1/Pallas_Marsset.pdf

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Posted by: nprev Aug 8 2020, 07:25 AM

Hmm. Pallas might have its own version of Ceres' Cerealia Facula. Fascinating possibilities here.

Posted by: Phil Stooke Aug 8 2020, 02:43 PM

It has a bright spot. Might be like Cerealia Facula. Might be like Aristarchus or Tycho.

Phil

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