ARTIST'S CONCEPT OF NEPTUNE'S MOON HIPPOCAMP

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stsci_2019-04a February 20th, 2019

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI)

This is an artist's concept of the tiny moon Hippocamp that was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013. Only 20 miles across, it may actually be a broken-off fragment from a much larger neighboring moon, Proteus, seen as a crescent in the background. This is the first evidence for a moon being an offshoot from a comet collision with a much larger parent body.

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Image Type
Object Name
Hippocamp • Neptune
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite > Feature > Surface

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Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 0m 50.0s
DEC = -7° 23’ 24.6”
Constellation
Aquarius
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2019-04a
Subject Category
A.1.4.1.1.4  
Subject Name
Hippocamp, Neptune
Credits
NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI)
Release Date
2019-02-20T00:00:00
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Redshift
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-04
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ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
345.2085167, -7.3901611
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
STScI
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http://hubblesite.org
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Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
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http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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STScI
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stsci
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STSCI-H-p1904a-f-4200x2400.tif
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https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1904a-f-4200x2400.tif
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Metadata Date
2021-12-14T12:12:40-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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