taking 42 images they have now been stitched together,
planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Centre announced last week,
and this is what the large dwarf planet,
originally classified as a real planet looks like, it was one of several celestial bodies that called into question Pluto’s own status, from their announcement:
"It was important to select images that covered the
entire dwarf planet under the same illumination conditions," explains
Thomas Roatsch from the DLR Institute of Planetary Research. "This allowed
us to calculate a uniform, homogenous terrain model." In turn, the model
was used as a basis for further processing, in which the individual images were
put together to form a global mosaic of the dwarf planet. This was then used to
produce the various maps contained in the atlas, the images used for the first
atlas have a resolution of 400 metres per pixel. The images acquired during
lower orbits will serve as a basis to refine the terrain model and to create
more detailed atlases.
so more results to come, all of this happening as Dawn is 310 million miles, or 498 million kilometres) away from Earth, absolutely amazing!
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