SPHERE images of Hygiea, Vesta and Ceres
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This research was presented in a paper to appear in Nature Astronomy on 28 October.
The team is composed of P. Vernazza (Aix Marseille
Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille,
France), L. Jorda (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire
d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France), P. Ševeček (Institute
of Astronomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), M. Brož
(Institute of Astronomy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), M.
Viikinkoski (Mathematics and Statistics, Tampere University, Tampere,
Finland), J. Hanuš (Institute of Astronomy, Charles University, Prague,
Czech Republic), B. Carry (Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la
Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France), A. Drouard (Aix
Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille,
Marseille, France), M. Ferrais (Space Sciences, Technologies and
Astrophysics Research Institute, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium),
M. Marsset (Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA), F. Marchis (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS,
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France, and SETI
Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, USA), M. Birlan
(Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France), E. Podlewska-Gaca (Astronomical
Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poznań, Poland, and Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin,
Poland), E. Jehin (Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics
Research Institute, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium), P. Bartczak
(Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznań, Poland), G. Dudzinski (Astronomical Observatory
Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań,
Poland), J. Berthier (Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France), J.
Castillo-Rogez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California, USA), F. Cipriani (European Space
Agency, ESTEC – Scientific Support Office, The Netherlands), F. Colas
(Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France), F. DeMeo (Department of Earth,
Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA), C. Dumas
(TMT Observatory, Pasadena, USA), J. Durech (Institute of Astronomy,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), R. Fetick (Aix Marseille
Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille,
France and ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, Chatillon Cedex, France), T.
Fusco (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de
Marseille, Marseille, France and and ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab,
Chatillon Cedex, France), J. Grice (Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire
de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France and Open
University, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton
Keynes, UK), M. Kaasalainen (Mathematics and Statistics, Tampere
University, Tampere, Finland), A. Kryszczynska (Astronomical Observatory
Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań,
Poland), P. Lamy (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire
d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France), H. Le Coroller (Aix
Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille,
Marseille, France), A. Marciniak (Astronomical Observatory Institute,
Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), T.
Michalowski (Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics,
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), P. Michel (Université Côte
d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange,
Nice, France), N. Rambaux (Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France), T.
Santana-Ros (Departamento de Fı́sica, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante,
Spain), P. Tanga (Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte
d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France), F. Vachier
(Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France), A. Vigan (Aix Marseille
Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille,
France), O. Witasse (European Space Agency, ESTEC – Scientific Support
Office, The Netherlands), B. Yang (European Southern Observatory,
Santiago, Chile), M. Gillon (Space Sciences, Technologies and
Astrophysics Research Institute, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium),
Z. Benkhaldoun (Oukaimeden Observatory, High Energy Physics and
Astrophysics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco), R.
Szakats (Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth
Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary), R. Hirsch
(Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznań, Poland), R. Duffard (Instituto de Astrofísica de
Andalucía, Glorieta de la Astronomía S/N, Granada, Spain), A. Chapman
(Buenos Aires, Argentina), J. L. Maestre (Observatorio de Albox,
Almeria, Spain).
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Links
- Research paper
- Supplementary material
- New SPHERE view of VESTA
- VLT’s SPHERE spies rocky worlds
- SPHERE maps the surface of Ceres
- Photos of the VLT
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Pierre Vernazza
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille
Marseille, France
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Email: pierre.vernazza@lam.fr
Miroslav Brož
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
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Charles University
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