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Minor Planet (3933) Portugal

Eso_eso9011a_1024

eso_eso9011a September 29th, 1990

Credit: ESO

This a reproduction of a small area of the photographic plate on which Minor Planet (3933) Portugal was discovered. Due to its orbital motion around the Sun, "Portugal'' is seen as a short trail, while the fixed stars in the background are point-like.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9011a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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: (3933) Portugal
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Asteroid

Eso_eso9011a_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 41m 25.9s; DEC = 4° 6’ 7.9”
Orientation: North is 1.6° CW
Field of View: 11.0 x 8.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ESO-1m (None)		-

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ID: eso9011a
Subject Category: A.2.3
Subject Name: (3933) Portugal
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1990-09-29T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9011a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope
Instrument: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 175.357810372, 4.10219917083
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 949.0

Reference Pixel: 911.0, 553.0
Scale: -0.000143537980523, 0.000143537980523
Rotation: -1.57164621729
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
Name: Zeutschel Omniscan 11
Email

Telephone
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: eso9011a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9011a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-12-10T21:33:03+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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