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Forma de balón de fútbol de la estrella gigante roja Mira
Hubble's visible-light image of the disk of Mira reveals it has an odd, asymmetrical shape resembling a football. This may be tied to dramatic changes occurring during its expansion-contraction cycles, or to the presence of unresolved spots on its surface. Hubble measurements sho...
- Fecha
- Jan 1, 1997
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ID de archivo
- hubblesite-images-1997-26-499-image
Hubble's visible-light image of the disk of Mira reveals it has an odd, asymmetrical shape resembling a football. This may be tied to dramatic changes occurring during its expansion-contraction cycles, or to the presence of unresolved spots on its surface. Hubble measurements show the red giant star is 700 times larger than our Sun.
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Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and NASADetalles de la imagen
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Mira A, Omicron Ceti |
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