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Comparing Tethys to views of Ceres

Comparing Tethys to views of Ceres
Comparing Tethys to views of Ceres Inspired by a posting on UMSF, I put together a montage of Tethys images at resolutions and viewing geometries roughly comparable to what we expect at key points in the approach to Ceres this February (These are not exact duplicates but close enough to give a sense of what we might see).

The great tectonic trench Ithaca Chasma would be visible in the 12-Feb images, and possibly on the 3rd. The large impact basin Odysseus is the large circular feature in the 19-Feb scaled image, but it is interesting that even thigh more than 8 kilometers deep, it does not convey a sense of enormous depth in these views. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI (composite by Paul Schenk)