Hubble image archive
Comet-like Asteroid P/2010 A2 by HST
CreditsNASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-07-2695-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Comet-like Asteroid P/2010 A2 |
| Object Description | Asteroid Belt Impact Object |
| Distance | 100 million miles (160 million km) from Earth. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : D. Jewitt (UCLA), H. Weaver (JPL/APL), M. Drahus (UCLA), and M. Mutchler (STScI). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | January 25 and 29, 2010 |
| Filters | F606W (V) |
| 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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