Minor planet Tunis

Eso_minor_planet_tunis_1024

eso_minor_planet_tunis December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO

An image of the minor planet, or asteroid, called Tunis, numbered 6362 on the list of minor planets maintained by the International Astronomical Union. A minor planet is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet nor a comet. Many tens of thousands of these objects have been described, most of which orbit the Sun in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/minor_planet_tunis/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Tunis
Subject - Milky Way
Interplanetary Body
Eso_minor_planet_tunis_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 12m 14.5s
DEC = -13° 49’ 28.1”
Orientation
North is 1.5° CW
Field of View
9.5 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens
Eso_minor_planet_tunis_1280
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ID
minor_planet_tunis
Subject Category
B.2  
Subject Name
Tunis
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2009-12-03T23:20:50
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/minor_planet_tunis/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
273.060608626, -13.8244638814
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 913.0
Reference Pixel
711.0, 466.0
Scale
-0.000124279168437, 0.000124279168437
Rotation
-1.54968586445
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
minor_planet_tunis
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/minor_planet_tunis.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-06-09T11:53:40+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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