Extremely distant minor planet 1992 QB1

Eso_eso9214a_1024

eso_eso9214a October 2nd, 1992

Credit: ESO

This photo is a composite of three 5-min exposures of the probably most distant object known in the solar system. They were made on September 27 and 28, 1992, with the ESO 3.5 m New Technology Telescope at La Silla.These images were obtained by astronomers Alain Smette (ESO) and Christian Vanderriest (Observatorie de Meudon, Paris). The new object was discovered by American astronomers in late August 1992 and has been given the provisional designation {\it 1992 QB1}.  The faint image of the 23-magnitude object is indicated by circles.  The diameter is estimated as about 200 km. The very slow motion (about 75 arcseconds/day) corresponds to a distance of more than 6000 million km from the Sun. This places it just outside the orbit of the planet Pluto.The sky field shown the photo measures 3.3 arcminutes across. North is up and east is to the left. The exposure times are indicated in Universal Time (UT).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9214a/

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
1992 QB1
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Color Mapping

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Grayscale NTT (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9214a_1280
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ID
eso9214a
Subject Category
A.2.1  
Subject Name
1992 QB1
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1992-10-02T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9214a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
3789.0, 4702.0
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
eso9214a
Metadata Date
2010-01-20T11:42:17+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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