The unique rocky comet C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Eso_eso1614c_1024

eso_eso1614c April 29th, 2016

Credit: K. Meech (IfA/UH)/CFHT/ESO

Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, and the Canada France Hawai`i Telescope, show that C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) is the first object to be discovered that is on a long-period cometary orbit, but that has the characteristics of a pristine inner Solar System asteroid. It may provide important clues about how the Solar System formed. This image of the comet was acquired using the Canada France Hawai`i Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1614c/

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
C/2014 S3
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet
Eso_eso1614c_1280
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ID
eso1614c
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
C/2014 S3
Credits
K. Meech (IfA/UH)/CFHT/ESO
Release Date
2016-04-29T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1614c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
720.406
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
3000.0, 2000.0
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
eso1614c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1614c.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:20:57.706988
Metadata Version
1.1
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