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Free educative posters of the surfaces of Pluto, Ceres and Vesta


Earlier I have made an extensive series of A3 posters (42 x 30 cm) about all astronomical subjects, which I use myself for ad hoc expositions and presentations about the Solar System, stars, nebulae, galaxies etc. They are made in Dutch and available to observatories, museums and clubs. They can also be provided in English (or any other language, if we have the translation). Prices on request.

This summer (2015) I wanted to find out what we now know of Ceres' surface, using new topographic maps from NASA, with the positions of features on a lot of pictures shown with arrows. I had done the same for Vesta a few years ago.

I thought it a nice gesture and helpful to educators to provide the Vesta and Ceres posters for free. The Ceres posters have little (Dutch) text.
You can download the Vesta poster here.

Ceres series

The Ceres posters are more extensive, there are six of them (and more may follow). Most of the named craters are shown in detail images as well as on the maps. It was a lot of work, a puzzle taking me a few days! But it was also fun and I learned a lot. I'm satisfied with the results. Here they are:

Ceres 1: 60° longitude
Ceres 2: 195° longitude
Ceres 3: 240° longitude
Ceres 4: cylinderprojection, with detailed images of the surface
Ceres 5: cylinderprojection, large (NASA)
Ceres 6: cylinderprojection, USGS (B&W)

Pluto series

I have also made posters about Pluto and Charon, the first of a probably larger series (as soon as new images will be available). Here they are:

Pluto 1
Pluto 2 (with Charon)
Pluto 3
Pluto 4
Pluto - maps with unofficial names (the eventual official names will be determinded by the International Astronomical Union, IAU).