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The WAC broadband filter image was acquired at 185 m/pixel, and the image has been trimmed to exclude pixels exterior to Chesterton or compromised by sunlit portions of the image. The Arecibo radar image was obtained with a range resolution of 1.5 km. From LPSC 2013 abstract #1693.
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Original image data dated on or about March 20, 2013
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