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Image: Psyche ellipsoid shape

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Description: The general shape of Psyche viewed from the south pole with an ellipsoidal overlay. Its major and intermediate axes with longitudes are labeled, and three major deviations from the ellipsoid, labeled Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie, are shown.
Author: Michael K. Shepard et al. (see https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abfdba#psjabfdbaf9 for full list of authors) - Shepard et al., Asteroid 16 Psyche: Shape, Features, and Global Map (2021), figure 8. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abfdba#psjabfdbaf8
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