Ceres: December 30, 2003 – January 24, 2004

Images of the Asteroid Ceres As It Rotates One Quarter

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took these images of the asteroid 1 Ceres over a 2-hour and 20-minute span, the time it takes the Texas-sized object to complete one quarter of a rotation. One day on Ceres lasts 9 hours. Hubble snapped 267 images of Ceres as it watched the asteroid...

Comparison of Asteroid Sizes

Hubble image of Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt, compared with four other asteroids (Gaspra, Eros, Ida and Vesta) and Mars.

Cutaway View of Ceres

Cutaway of view of Ceres shows the differentiated layers of the asteroid.

Color View of Ceres

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope color image of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. Astronomers enhanced the sharpness in these Advanced Camera for Surveys images to bring out features on Ceres' surface, including brighter and darker regions that could be...

Images of the Asteroid Ceres Rotation

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took these images of Ceres during its 9-hour rotation. The colors represent the differences between relatively red and blue regions. These differences may simply be due to variation on the surface among different types of material. Astronomers...

Ceres: December 30, 2003 15:46 UT

Ceres: December 30, 2003 16:21 UT

Ceres: January 23, 2004 23:40 UT

Ceres: January 24, 2004 00:15 UT

Ceres: January 24, 2004 02:52 UT

Ceres: January 24, 2004 03:27 UT

Hubble Tracks Ceres

The Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys studied the asteroid Ceres for a full nine-hour rotational period. The observations represent the most complete view of Ceres, showing that the asteroid has a round shape like Earth and may have a rocky core and a thin...