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The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.

Dwarf Planets

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Dwarf Planets
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The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.

Dwarf Planets

  • A map showing the topography of a surface. Cooler colors represent low elevation and warm colors represent areas of higher elevation. At the center of the image is a concentration of red.
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    Color Topography on Dwarf Planet
    This image was created using images captured by Dawn spacecraft during its mapping orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  • A large blue-colored crater at the center of a brown colored surface.
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    Haulani Crater on Dwarf Planet Ceres
    Taken by the Dawn spacecraft, this image reveals Haulani crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  • An image of the surface of a dwarf planet in flattened into a map format.
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    Pluto: A Global Perspective
    This global map of Pluto was created using data collected by the New Horizons spacecraft.

    NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

  • An image with the rim of a crater running through its center horizontally.
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    Occator Crater on Dwarf Planet Ceres
    The Dawn spacecraft took this image which reveals a portion of the northern rim ofOccator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  • A view of the rough surface of Ceres with a cluster of white spots at the center of a crater.
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    Brightest Spot on the Dwarf Planet Ceres
    The Dawn spacecraft captured this image of Occator crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

  • Two fuzzy celestial bodies. The one of the left is reddish-white and the one of the right is black and white.
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    Pluto's Satellites Nix and Hydra
    Pluto's moon Nix (left), shown here in enhanced color and Hydra (right) in black and white.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  • An image looking down at a frozen surface that has curved lines running through it.
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    Pluto's Frozen Plains
    This frozen region is north of Pluto's icy mountains and has been informally named Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), after Earth's first artificial satellite.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  • A topographic map showing the various elevations on Ceres, a dwarf planet. High points are in white whereas low points are in blue.
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    Topographic Map of Dwarf Planet Ceres
    This color-coded map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the highs and lows of topography on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  • Disk view of Charon, one of Pluto's moons, which has a gray and brown color.
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    Pluto’s Satellite Charon
    New details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons taken late on July 13, 2015. 

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  • An image of Pluto with a large heart shape on it in the bottom right.
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    Pluto's Big Heart in Color
    Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  • Two views of Ceres next to each other.
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    Dwarf Planet: Ceres
    These images of dwarf planet Ceres, processed to enhance clarity, were taken on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of about 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers), by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  • Hubble Portrait of Pluto and Charon
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    Hubble Portrait of Pluto and Charon
    Image of Pluto and Charon taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on February 21, 1994.

    Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility; NASA

  • Two views of Pluto, which are grainy and fuzzy.
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    The Surface of Pluto
    The never-before-seen surface of distant Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Faint Object Camera aboard Hubble.

    Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA and ESA

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  • A map showing the topography of a surface. Cooler colors represent low elevation and warm colors represent areas of higher elevation. At the center of the image is a concentration of red.
  • A large blue-colored crater at the center of a brown colored surface.
  • An image of the surface of a dwarf planet in flattened into a map format.
  • An image with the rim of a crater running through its center horizontally.
  • A view of the rough surface of Ceres with a cluster of white spots at the center of a crater.
  • Two fuzzy celestial bodies. The one of the left is reddish-white and the one of the right is black and white.
  • An image looking down at a frozen surface that has curved lines running through it.
  • A topographic map showing the various elevations on Ceres, a dwarf planet. High points are in white whereas low points are in blue.
  • Disk view of Charon, one of Pluto's moons, which has a gray and brown color.
  • An image of Pluto with a large heart shape on it in the bottom right.
  • Two views of Ceres next to each other.
  • Hubble Portrait of Pluto and Charon
  • Two views of Pluto, which are grainy and fuzzy.

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Hubble Space Telescope

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Additional Resources

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Please Note: The facility does not sell imagery and cannot provide reproduction services. A guide to Resources for Earth and Planetary Research is available to also help individuals find available imagery online.