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Neptune Ring Arcs and Moons (unannotated)
CreditsNASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2013
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2013-30-3224-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NeptuneMoon/Ring System |
| Object Description | Recently Discovered Neptunian Moon |
| Distance | The semi-major axis of Neptune's orbit about the Sun is 30.06 astronomical units (roughly 2.8 billion miles or 4.5 billion kilometers). |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created from HST data from proposal : M. Showalter (SETI Institute), I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley), and J. Lissauer (NASA Ames Research Center). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | August 19, 2009 |
| Filters | F606W (V) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Grayscale: F606W (V) |
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