Ground-based re-discovery image of asteroid (596) Scheila
Steve Larson of the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) took this image on 11 December 2010, through the Catalina 0.68-meter Schmidt telescope. Later analysis showed the object to be a re-discovery of asteroid (596) Scheila, which was discovered in 1906. In the Larson/Gibbs 2010 image, the asteroid now showed signs of a cometary tail.
Credit:
S. Larson and A. Gibbs (University of Arizona/Catalina Sky Survey)
About the Image
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| Id: | opo1113d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 May 2011, 15:17 |
| Size: | 803 x 540 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Asteroid (596) Scheila |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid • Solar System Images/Videos |
