Serendipitously discovered asteroids

This asteroid in the constellation Taurus has a visual magnitude of 23, and is one of the faintest seen so far in the Hubble archive

Credit:

R. Evans and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and NASA/ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9810d
Type:Collage
Release date:9 March 1998, 15:00
Size:200 x 200 px

About the Object

Name:Asteroid, Constellation Taurus
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid
Category:Solar System

Image Formats

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Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
V
606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
I
814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2

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