Hubble image archive
2002-2003 Hubble ACS Photo Map of Pluto
CreditsNASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-06-2692-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Pluto |
| Object Description | Dwarf Planet |
| Distance | Pluto is on an eccentric orbit that varies between 29.6 AU and 49.3 AU from the Sun. The average distance during the time of these observations was 30.6 AU (Jan. 2003). In 2010, Pluto is 31.8 AU from the Sun and moving away. It will reach its furthest distance from the Sun in 2130. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposals : A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), L. Trafton (University of Texas, Austin), and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute); and : M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), W. Grundy (Lowell Observatory), and E. Young, L. Young, and A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute). The science team comprises: M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), W. Grundy (Lowell Observatory), and E. Young, L. Young, and A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute). |
| Instrument | HST>FOC and HST>ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Dates | June 2002 - June 2003 (ACS), and June 1994 (FOC) |
| Filters | FOC: F278M (278nm) and F410M (410nm) ACS: F435W (B) and F555W (V) |
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