2012 TC4 observed (annotated)

Near Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 appears as a dot at the centre of this composite of 37 individual 50-second exposures obtained with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The asteroid is marked with a circle for a better identification. The individual images have been shifted to compensate for the motion of the asteroid, so that the background stars and galaxies appear as bright trails. At magnitude 27, this is the faintest Near Earth Asteroid so far measured.

Crédit:

ESO / ESA NEOCC / Olivier Hainaut (ESO), Marco Micheli (ESA) and Detlef Koschny (ESA)

À propos de l'image

Identification:ann17052a
Type:Dessin
Date de publication:10 août 2017 15:00
Annonces en rapport:ann17052
Taille:1204 x 780 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:2012 TC4
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid
Catégorie:Illustrations
Solar System

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DomaineTélescope
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Very Large Telescope
FORS2