Asteroid in Hubble Data

stsci_1998-10c March 9th, 1998

Credit: R. Evans and K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA

Here is an asteroid with a visual magnitude of 21.8 passing a galaxy in the constellation Leo. The trail is seen in two consecutive exposures, the first shown in blue and the second in red. This asteroid has a diameter of half a mile (0.8 kilometers), and was located 188 million miles from Earth and 233 million miles from the sun.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-10

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Image Details

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

Distance

188,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 35m 28.3s; DEC = 14° 28’ 27.9”
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-

ID: 1998-10c
Subject Category: A.2.3
Subject Name: unknown
Credits: R. Evans and K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA

Release Date: 1998-03-09T00:00:00
Lightyears: 188,000,000
Redshift: 188,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-10

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

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Orange

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Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 188.86810363361, 14.47442941028
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9810c-f-240x240.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/10

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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188,000,000 light years