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Plutón - HST - 180° de longitud

CreditsNASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)

Fecha
Jan 1, 2010
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2010-06-2688-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NamePluto
Object DescriptionDwarf Planet
DistancePluto 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.
DimensionsPluto has a diameter of roughly 1,440 miles (2,320 km) at the equator.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe 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).
InstrumentHST>ACS/HRC
Exposure DatesJune 2002 - June 2003
FiltersF435W (B) and F555W (V)
About The Image
Color InfoThe image is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS/HRC instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V)

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