Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
| Object
Name: |
Asteroid Trail in Centaurus |
| Object
Description: |
Serendipitous Asteroid Trail in Star Field |
| Position
(J2000): |
R.A. 14h 28m 08.74m
Dec. -62° 45' 43.20" |
| Constellation:
|
Centaurus |
| Dimensions:
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The image is 2.7 arcminutes on the vertical side. |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument:
|
WFPC2 |
| Exposure
Date: |
April 6, 1994 |
| Exposure
Time: |
33 minutes
|
| Filters:
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Red: F814W(I); Green: F814W + F606W; Blue: F606W(Wide V) |
| Principal
Astronomers: |
E. J. Groth (Princeton) and collaborators |
|
| About the Asteroid |
| Asteroid
Designation: |
u2805m01t4 |
| Asteroid
Magnitude: |
18.7 |
| Asteroid
Trail Length: |
19 arcseconds |
| Asteroid
Diameter: |
1.25 miles (2 kilometers) |
| Asteroid
Distances: |
The asteroid is 87 million miles (0.93 A.U.) from Earth. It is
156 million miles (1.68 A.U.) from the Sun. |
| Principal
Astronomers: |
R. Evans, K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Lab) and collaborators. |
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| About this Image |
| Image
Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release
Date: |
March 4, 1999 12:00pm ET |
| Orientation:
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North is 70° CCW from up. East is to the left of North. |
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