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Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens
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Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens
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2003 VB16
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Sedna
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About the Object Object Name: 2003 VB12 ("Sedna"); K31114A Object Description: Solar System body; planetoid Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 13m 51s.12
Dec. 05° 45' 41".14 (March 16, 2004) Constellation: Cetus (March 16, 2004) Distance: Approximately 13.5 billion kilometers (8.4 billion miles) About the Data Data Description: This data are taken from HST proposal 10041: M. Brown (Caltech). The science team includes: M. Brown (Caltech), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory, Hawaii), and D. Rabinowitz (Yale University). Instrument: ACS/HRC Exposure Date(s): March 16, 2004 Exposure Time: 1.1 hours Filters: F435W ("B") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Brown (Caltech) Release Date: April 14, 2004
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About the Object Object Name: 2003 VB12 ("Sedna"); K31114A Object Description: Solar System body; planetoid Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 13m 51s.12
Dec. 05° 45' 41".14 (March 16, 2004) Constellation: Cetus (March 16, 2004) Distance: Approximately 13.5 billion kilometers (8.4 billion miles) About the Data Data Description: This data are taken from HST proposal 10041: M. Brown (Caltech). The science team includes: M. Brown (Caltech), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory, Hawaii), and D. Rabinowitz (Yale University). Instrument: ACS/HRC Exposure Date(s): March 16, 2004 Exposure Time: 1.1 hours Filters: F435W ("B") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Brown (Caltech) Release Date: April 14, 2004
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*Release Date*:April 14, 2004 01:00 PM (EDT)
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*Release Date*:April 14, 2004 01:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens
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*Title*:Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-14e
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*Description*:
This is an artist's impression of noontime on Sedna, the farthest known planetoid from the Sun. Over 8 billion miles away, the Sun is reduced to a brilliant pinpoint of light that is 100 times brighter than the full Moon. (The Sun would actually be the angular size of Saturn as seen from Earth, way too small to be resolved with the human eye.) The dim spindle-shaped glow of dust around the Sun defines the ecliptic plane of the solar system where the major planets dwell. To the left, the hazy plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, stretches into the sky. The background constellations are Virgo and Libra.
At this distance the Sun's feeble rays are nearly one four-thousandth the intensity of what they are at Earth. This means that Sedna is eternally cold at minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit, which means that the planetoid is airless and icy. Life, as we know it, could never live here. But if anything could survive, it would have an intriguing global view of the entire solar system. A fifth-magnitude object, barely three degrees from the Sun (the pinpoint at the two o'clock position) is Jupiter. Saturn is also visible as a dim star. Earth would be only half a degree from the Sun and, at ninth magnitude, only be visible in powerful binoculars. To our imaginary "Sednian" astronomers, all the planets would be in inferior orbits (meaning interior to Sedna's orbit). This means they would best be seen in the predawn morning sky and post sunset evening sky, but never at midnight.
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*Description*:
This is an artist's impression of noontime on Sedna, the farthest known planetoid from the Sun. Over 8 billion miles away, the Sun is reduced to a brilliant pinpoint of light that is 100 times brighter than the full Moon. (The Sun would actually be the angular size of Saturn as seen from Earth, way too small to be resolved with the human eye.) The dim spindle-shaped glow of dust around the Sun defines the ecliptic plane of the solar system where the major planets dwell. To the left, the hazy plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, stretches into the sky. The background constellations are Virgo and Libra.
At this distance the Sun's feeble rays are nearly one four-thousandth the intensity of what they are at Earth. This means that Sedna is eternally cold at minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit, which means that the planetoid is airless and icy. Life, as we know it, could never live here. But if anything could survive, it would have an intriguing global view of the entire solar system. A fifth-magnitude object, barely three degrees from the Sun (the pinpoint at the two o'clock position) is Jupiter. Saturn is also visible as a dim star. Earth would be only half a degree from the Sun and, at ninth magnitude, only be visible in powerful binoculars. To our imaginary "Sednian" astronomers, all the planets would be in inferior orbits (meaning interior to Sedna's orbit). This means they would best be seen in the predawn morning sky and post sunset evening sky, but never at midnight.
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