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Imágenes de brújula y escala para P/2013 P5
The Hubble Space Telescope photographed six finger-like dust tails in September 2013 of active asteroid P/2013 P5. One interpretation for the structure is that the asteroid's rotation rate has been increased to the point where dust is falling off the surface along the equator and...
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- Jan 1, 2013
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
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- hubblesite-images-2013-52-3266-image
The Hubble Space Telescope photographed six finger-like dust tails in September 2013 of active asteroid P/2013 P5. One interpretation for the structure is that the asteroid's rotation rate has been increased to the point where dust is falling off the surface along the equator and escaping into space. The pressure of sunlight then sweeps the dust into long tails.
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NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)Detalles de la imagen
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | P/2013 P5 |
| Object Description | Active Asteroid |
| Distance | At the time of the Hubble observations in September 2013, P/2013 P5 was 1.1 astronomical units (112 million miles) from Earth and 2.1 astronomical units (195 million miles) from the Sun. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : D. Jewitt (University of California, Los Angeles), J. Agarwal (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research), H. Weaver (JHU/APL), M. Mutchler (STScI), and S. Larson (University of Arizona). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | September 10, 2013, and September 23, 2013 |
| Filters | F350LP (long pass) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This 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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