Crater Copernicus on Earth's Moon

stsci_1999-14b April 16th, 1999

Credit: John Caldwell (York University, Ontario), Alex Storrs (STScI), and NASA/ESA

Hubble Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 mosaic of crater Copernicus. Hubble's crisp bird's-eye view clearly shows the ray pattern of bright dust ejected out of the crater over 1 billion years ago. Hubble can resolve features as small as 600 feet across in the terraced walls of the crater, and the hummock-like blanket of material blasted out by the meteor impact.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-14

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Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Moon
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Satellite > Feature > Surface

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 34m 35.4s; DEC = -23° 16’ 51.5”
Constellation: Cetus

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	-

ID: 1999-14b
Subject Category: A.1.4.1.1
Subject Name: Moon
Credits: John Caldwell (York University, Ontario), Alex Storrs (STScI), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-04-16T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-14

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
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Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 8.6475261, -23.2809861
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9914b-f-4189x2624.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/14, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/10

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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