Salacia and Actaea Keck-NIRC2 brightened

Författare/Upphovsman:

William Grundy/Keck Observatory Archive/W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO)/NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI; JPL-Caltech)

Kreditera:

Cropped from image N2.20100803.35237_drp at the Keck Observatory Archive

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492 x 492 Pixel (153377 Bytes)

Beskrivning:

Adaptive-optics image of the trans-Neptunian object (120347) Salacia (center) and its moon Actaea (left), taken by the Keck II telescope's NIRC2 near-infrared camera on 3 August 2010 09:47:17.78 UTC. This is a single 100-second exposure from the frame N2.20100803.35237_drp. These observations were part of the program "Mutual Orbits of Transneptunian Multibody Systems", led by principal investigator William Grundy.

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