Minor Planet Portugal
An image of the minor planet dubbed Portugal, also cataloged as number 3933 by the International Astronomical Union, the body responsible for naming celestial objects. A minor planet is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet nor a comet. Many tens of thousands of these objects have been described, most of which orbit the Sun in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | minor |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
| Size: | 4036 x 2631 px |
About the Object
| Name: | (3933) Portugal |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet • X - Solar System |
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| Band | Telescope |
| ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope |
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