Fly towards 288P (artist’s impression)
This artist’s impression shows the binary main-belt comet 288P. From a distance the comet-like features of the system can clearly be seen: among them, the bright coma surrounding both components of the system and the long tail of dust and water pointing away from from the Sun. Only a closer look reveals the two components of the system: two asteroids circling each other on an eccentric orbit.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser
About the Video
Id: | heic1715a |
Release date: | 20 September 2017, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic1715 |
Duration: | 30 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | 288P |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
Category: | Solar System |