Serendipitously discovered asteroids (original) (raw)
Here is an asteroid with a visual magnitude of 21.8 passing a galaxy in the constellation Leo. The trail is seen in two consecutive exposures, the first shown in blue and the second in red. This asteroid has a diameter of half a mile (0.8 kilometers), and was located 188 million miles from Earth and 233 million miles from the sun.
Credit:
R. Evans and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and NASA/ESA
About the Image
| Id: | opo9810c |
|---|---|
| Type: | Planetary |
| Release date: | 9 March 1998, 15:00 |
| Size: | 240 x 240 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| OpticalV | 606 nm | Hubble Space TelescopeWFPC2 |
| OpticalI | 814 nm | Hubble Space TelescopeWFPC2 |