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Keywords: Ceres seen against the Virgo cluster of galaxies (2MASS).jpg en Atlas Image mosaic of the largest asteroid in the Solar System 1 Ceres seen against the Virgo Cluster of galaxies on 2000 Apr 6 UT during routine operations of the northern 2MASS facility on Mt Hopkins AZ The asteroid is seen about 13 7´ west and 25 6´ south of the large spiral galaxy M100 Ceres is quite bright in this image with Ks 5 50 J-H 0 37 and H-Ks 0 09 mag Purplish known persistence artifacts trail in decreasing brightness due north of the asteroid The fainter reddish star immediately east of due north and the fainter whitish star immediately west of due south of the asteroid are known 2MASS filter glint artifacts Sykes et al 2000 Icarus 146 161 have studied asteroids detected by 2MASS and the colors for Ceres are consistent with those for other C-type carbonaceous chondritic asteroids The 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release Point Source Catalog contains 3804 associations with known asteroids Field size 20´ × 31´ Image size 1 7 Mb Cerere visto in prossimità dell'ammasso di galassie della Vergine il 6 aprile 2000 UT durante operazioni di routine nell'ambito del 2MASS condotto dal telescopio settentrionale dell'osservatorio di Mt Hopkins in Arizona <br />L'asteroide si presenta a 13 7' Ovest e 25 6' Sud della grande galassia a spirale M100 Cerere in badsso a destra è abbastanza luminoso in questa immagine raggiungendo una magnitudine di Ks 5 50 J-H 0 37 and H-Ks 0 09 Le macchie fioche e rossastre a nord di Cerere e quelle biancastra ad ovest sono artefatti introdotti dallo strumento http //www ipac caltech edu/2mass/gallery/images_ss html 2MASS Atlas Image Gallery Solar System Objects Two Micron All Sky Survey 2MASS a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation 2MASS Atlas image Ceres dwarf planet 2MASS images Virgo cluster ImageNote 1 966 1799 118 121 1264 2076 2 1 Ceres ImageNoteEnd 1
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