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The Dawn space probe entered orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on March 2015 and continued until 1 November 2018 when its fuel had been depleted. During the Ceres portion of the mission, the spacecraft...

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How was this image of the faculae in the Occator crater obtained?

The picture in question (that I'm asking about) is at the bottom, of this post. Now, did they simply take a picture with reduced light intake? If so how much? 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 or less? Or did they...

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