Vesta-HST

Författare/Upphovsman:

Ben Zellner (Georgia Southern University) and NASA

Kreditera:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1997/27/image/d

Kort länk:

https://www.sewiki.info/b/47c02

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

200 x 200 Pixel (3265 Bytes)

Beskrivning:

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the asteroid Vesta, taken in May 1996 through a 673 nm red filter when the asteroid was 175 million kilometers from Earth. The asymmetry of the asteroid and "nub" and the south pole is suggestive that it suffered a large impact event. The image was digitally restored to yield an effective scale of six miles per pixel.

Licens:

Public domain

Licenskommentaren:

Unless otherwise specifically stated, no claim to copyright is being asserted by STScI and it may be freely used as in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract. [...] [1]