Asteroid Toutatis with the VLT

The telescope was set to follow the predicted motion of the asteroid during 60 seconds (beginning on September 28, 2004, 23:34 hrs UT) and the images of the background stars in the sky field therefore appear as long trails.

 



Crediti:

ESO

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:eso0430a
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:29 Settembre 2004
Notizie relative:eso0430
Dimensione:1961 x 1961 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:4179 Toutatis
Tipo:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid
Categoria:Solar System

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BandaTelescopio
Very Large Telescope
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Note: This image was observed simultaneously with a number of ESO telescopes from Paranal and La Silla observatories.