Asteroid 6478 Gault
The asteroid 6478 Gault is seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, showing two narrow, comet-like tails of debris that tell us that the asteroid is slowly undergoing self-destruction. The bright streaks surrounding the asteroid are background stars. The Gault asteroid is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Credit:NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna (University of Hawaii), O. Hainaut (European Southern Observatory)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1906a |
| Type: | Planetary |
| Release date: | 28 March 2019, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1906 |
| Size: | 3911 x 2178 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 6478 Gault |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Long Pass | 350 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |