Serendipitously Discovered Asteroids
Astronomers Karl Stapelfeldt and Robin Evans have tracked down about 100 small asteroids by hunting through more than 28, 000 archival images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. Here is a sample of what they have found: four archival images that show the curved trails left by asteroids.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Asteroid, NGC 4548 |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Spiral Arm |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |