Serendipitously discovered asteroids
Here is an asteroid with a visual magnitude of 21.8 passing a galaxy in the constellation Leo. The trail is seen in two consecutive exposures, the first shown in blue and the second in red. This asteroid has a diameter of half a mile (0.8 kilometers), and was located 188 million miles from Earth and 233 million miles from the sun.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Asteroid, Constellation Leo |
Type: | Unspecified : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |