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P/1997 T3: asteroid or comet?

Eso_eso9729b_1024

eso_eso9729b November 24th, 1997

Credit: ESO

This image shows P/1997 T3 on October 6, 1997 at 05:13:54 UT. This image of the new object (slightly above and to the left of the centre of the field) was obtained with the 0.6-m Bochum telescope at La Silla; the observer was Andreas Nathues. The tail is faintly visible to the lower left of the point-like object (in the 7 o'clock direction).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729b/

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: P/1997 T3
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Comet

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ESO-Bochum (None)	Optical	-

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ID: eso9729b
Subject Category: A.2.2
Subject Name: P/1997 T3
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1997-11-24T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729b/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Bochum 0.61-metre telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
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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: eso9729b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9729b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-11T09:27:16.372442
Metadata Version: 1.1

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