The Antiope doublet

VLT observations of the double asteroid (90) Antiope during 2004. The adaptive optics NACO instrument was used, allowing the astronomers to perfectly distinguish the two components and so, precisely determine the orbit. The two objects are separated by 171 km, and they perform their celestial dance in 16.5 hours. The adaptive optics observations could, however, never resolve the shape of the individual components as they are too small.

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ESO

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:eso0718b
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:29 Marzo 2007
Notizie relative:eso0718
Dimensione:2061 x 1238 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:90 Antiope
Tipo:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid
Categoria:Solar System

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BandaTelescopio
Infrarosso
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
NACO