Swift image of asteroid (596) Scheila
Faint dust plumes bookend asteroid (596) Scheila, which is overexposed in this composite image. Visible and ultraviolet images from Swift's UVOT (circled) are merged with a Digital Sky Survey image of the same region. The UVOT images were acquired on 15 Dec 2010, when the asteroid was about 375 million kilometres from Earth.
Credit:
NASA/Swift/DSS/D. Bodewits (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
About the Image
NASA press release
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NASA caption
| Id: | opo1113c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 4 May 2011, 15:15 |
| Size: | 2735 x 1803 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Asteroid (596) Scheila |
| Type: | • Solar System Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet | Swift |
| Optical | Swift |
| Optical | DSS |
