P/1997 T3: Asteroid or Comet?
This image shows P/1997 T3 on October 6, 1997 at 05:13:54 UT. This image of the new object (slightly above and to the left of the centre of the field) was obtained with the 0.6-m Bochum telescope at La Silla; the observer was Andreas Nathues. The tail is faintly visible to the lower left of the point-like object (in the 7 o'clock direction).
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9729b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 24 November 1997 |
| Related releases: | eso9729 |
| Size: | 300 x 300 px |
About the Object
| Name: | P/1997 T3 |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet • X - Solar System |
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| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Bochum 0.61-metre telescope |
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