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Description: VLT/SPHERE images of asteroid 10 Hygiea, taken in June/July 2017. A bright surface feature and several dark craters are visible on the surface. At the time, the southern hemisphere was pointing towards Earth, with the region south of 20°N visible. Credit: ESO/P. Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS)
Title: Hygiea imaging SPHERE
Credit: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1918/eso1918b.pdf, http://observations.lam.fr/astero/
Author: ESO/P. Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS); processing by myself
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
License: CC BY 4.0
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