The Antiope doublet

Eso_eso0718b_1024

eso_eso0718b March 29th, 2007

Credit: ESO

VLT observations of the double asteroid (90) Antiope during 2004. The adaptive optics NACO instrument was used, allowing the astronomers to perfectly distinguish the two components and so, precisely determine the orbit. The two objects are separated by 171 km, and they perform their celestial dance in 16.5 hours. The adaptive optics observations could, however, never resolve the shape of the individual components as they are too small.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0718b/

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
90 Antiope
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Asteroid

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) -
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ID
eso0718b
Subject Category
A.2.3  
Subject Name
90 Antiope
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2007-03-29T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0718b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2061.0, 1238.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0718b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0718b.tif
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Metadata Date
2018-04-24T22:09+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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