Uranus: Rings, Satellites 19:18 UT

Esahubble_opo0329c_1024

esahubble_opo0329c September 25th, 2003

Credit: NASA/ESA, M. Showalter (Stanford University/NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), J. Lissauer (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center)

Astronomers have discovered two of the smallest moons yet found around Uranus. The new moons, uncovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, are about 8 to 10 miles across (12 to 16 km) about the size of San Francisco. The two moons are so faint they eluded detection by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which discovered 10 small satellites when it flew by the gas giant planet in 1986.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0329c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Uranus
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Ring

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (ACS) Optical (Clear) -
Esahubble_opo0329c_1280
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ID
opo0329c
Subject Category
A.1.5  
Subject Name
Uranus
Credits
NASA/ESA, M. Showalter (Stanford University/NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), J. Lissauer (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center)
Release Date
2003-09-25T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0329c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Clear
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0329c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:30:57+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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