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Orbits of twin moonlets around 87 Sylvia

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eso_eso0526a August 11th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Composite image showing the positions of Remus and Romulus around 87 Sylvia on 9 different nights as seen on NACO images. It clearly reveals the orbits of the two moonlets. The inset shows the potato shape of 87 Sylvia. The field of view is 2 arcsec. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0526a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 87 Sylvia
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Satellite; Interplanetary Body > Asteroid

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ID: eso0526a
Subject Category: A.1.4 A.2.3
Subject Name: 87 Sylvia
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2005-08-11T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0526a/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: NACO
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0526a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0526a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-20T10:48:24+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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