Vesta

stsci_1997-27d September 4th, 1997

Credit: Ben Zellner (Georgia Southern University), Peter Thomas (Cornell University), NASA/ESA

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the asteroid Vesta, taken in May 1996 when the asteroid was 110 million miles from Earth. The asymmetry of the asteroid and "nub" and the south pole is suggestive that it suffered a large impact event. The image was digitally restored to yield an effective scale of six miles per pixel (picture element).

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-27

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Image Details

Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Vesta
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Asteroid

Distance

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 1m 14.7s; DEC = -6° 50’ 25.6”
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	-

ID: 1997-27d
Subject Category: A.2.3
Subject Name: Vesta
Credits: Ben Zellner (Georgia Southern University), Peter Thomas (Cornell University), NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1997-09-04T00:00:00
Lightyears: 1.87e-5
Redshift: 1.87e-5
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-27

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Miles from Earth: 110000000

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 15.3110672, -6.8404333
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Quality: Position
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9727d-f-177x149.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/27

Metadata Date: 2022-09-07
Metadata Version: 1.2

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