Planets and Moons  ID: 30694

Charon in Enhanced Color

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NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the spacecraft's Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC); the colors are processed to best highlight the variation of surface properties across Charon. Charon's color palette is not as diverse as Pluto's; most striking is the reddish north (top) polar region, informally named Mordor Macula. Charon is 754 miles (1,214 kilometers) across; this image resolves details as small as 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometers).

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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19968


Credits

Marit Jentoft-Nilsen: Project Support
Mark Malanoski (GST): Project Support
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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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Mission:
New Horizons

Data Used:
New Horizons/Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI)
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Keywords:
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Presentation
SVS >> Charon