Pluto - Hubble Space Telescope
Map of Pluto's surface
Surface map of Pluto constructed from four images
taken by the ESA Faint Object Camera of NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope. The images were taken in
late June and early July as Pluto rotated through
its 6.5 day period. The map shows a very coarse
view of Pluto's surface, but reveals light and
dark areas which may be indicative of differences
in topography and/or surface materials and frosts.
Pluto is 14,600 km in circumference.
(HST, STScI-PR96-09b)
Pluto