Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Eris, 2003 UB313 |
| Object Description: |
Dwarf Planet with Satellite |
Position (J2000) on
August 30, 2006: |
R.A. 01h 39m 24s.34
Dec. -05° 10' 11".0 |
| Distance: |
10 billion miles away (16 billion kilometers) |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from proposals 10759: M. Brown (California Institute of Technology), D. Rabinowitz (Yale University) and C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory); and 10860: M. Brown, H. Roe, K. Barkume, and E. Schaller (California Institute of Technology) |
| Instrument: |
ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
December 9/10, 2005; August 30, 2006 |
| Exposure Time: |
4.3 hours |
| Filters: |
F435W(B), F606W(V) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and M. Brown (Caltech) |
| Release Date: |
June 14, 2006 |
| Orientation: |
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