Hubble image archive
Comet 252P/LINEAR (April 4, 2016 - 18:25 UT)
CreditsNASA, ESA, and J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2016-14-3730-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Comet 252P/LINEAR |
| Object Description | Comet |
| Distance | At the time of the Hubble observations on April 4, 2016, Comet 252P/LINEAR was 0.093 astronomical unit (8.6 million miles or 14 million kilometers) from Earth. The sun-comet distance on that date was 1.037 astronomical units (96 million miles or 155 million kilometers). At closest approach on March 21, 2016, the comet was 0.036 astronomical unit (3.3 million miles or 5.4 million kilometers) from Earth. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The images were created from Hubble data from proposal : J.-Y. Li and N. Samarasinha (Planetary Science Institute), M. Kelley (University of Maryland), M. Mutchler (STScI), and D. Farnocchia (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | April 4, 2016 |
| Filters | F625W (SDSS r) |
| 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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