High resolution imaging of Pluto and Charon with the Faint Object Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope |
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| Authors: | R Albrecht |
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| Institution: | (1) Space Telescope, European Coordination Facility, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany;(2) Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department, European Space Agency, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Images of the Pluto-Charon system were obtained with the Faint Object Camera (FOC) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) with the aim of determination of radii, fluxes, and albedos. The resolution of the already diffraction limited images was further improved by image restoration, yielding indications of surface albedo distributions which are qualitatively consistent with models derived from observations of Pluto-Charon mutual eclipses.Based on Observations with the NASA-ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. |
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