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Brújula y escala de Saturno

CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester)

Fecha
Jan 1, 2010
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2010-09-2701-image
Por

Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameSaturn
Object DescriptionPlanet
DistanceThe semi-major axis of Saturn's orbit about the sun is 9.5 astronomical units (A.U.) or roughly 1.4 billion km.
DimensionsThe planet (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 75,000 miles (120,000 km) at the equator.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposals and : J. Nichols et al. The science team comprises: J. Nichols, S. Badman, and E. Bunce (University of Leicester), J. Clarke (Boston University), S. Cowley (University of Leicester), F. Crary (Southwest Research Institute), M. Dougherty (Imperial College, London), J.-C. Gerard and D. Grodent (University of Liege), K. Hansen (University of Michigan), W. Kurth (University of Iowa), D. Mitchell (JHU/APL), W. Pryor (Central Arizona College), T. Stallard and L. Talboys (University of Leicester), and S. Wannawichian (Boston University).
InstrumentHST>ACS/SBC
Exposure DatesJanuary - March 2009
FiltersF115LP (UV) and F125LP (UV)
About The Image
Color InfoThis image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.

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