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Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto |
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*Description*:> Significance of "Quaoar" Discovery |
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object |
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Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper |
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Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h |
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36m 18s Dec. ?14 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in |
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Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 |
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billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: |
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Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 |
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kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal |
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Astronomers: M. Brown and C. Trujillo (Caltech) Exposure |
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Dates and Time: July 5, 2002: 29 minutes (16 exposures, |
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110 seconds each) July 29, 2002: 32 minutes (16 |
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exposures, 120 seconds each) Filters: F330W (U) About the |
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Image Image Credit: NASA and M. Brown (Caltech) Release |
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Date: October 7, 2002 Orientation: ACS Images of KBO [ |
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s/compass_large_web.jpg ] *News Release Number:*: STScI- |
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2002-17g |
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Date Published: 2009-09-21 20:36:10 |
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Identifier: SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2002-17g |
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Item Size: 6964536 |
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Media Type: movies |
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What -- Quaoar |
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What -- Discovery |
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What -- Constellation |
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What -- Ophiuchus |
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What -- Pluto |
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