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
About the Object
| Name: | Asteroid (596) Scheila |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical | Other |
Notes: Image taken with the Catalina 0.68-meter Schmidt telescope.