Asteroid P/2010 A2

1.922 AU (179 million mi, 288 million km)

The image was created from Hubble data from proposals 12053, 12077, and 12305: D. Jewitt (UCLA), H. Weaver (JPL/APL), M. Drahus (UCLA), and M. Mutchler (STScI).

F606W (V)

NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)

This image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.