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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Going, Going, Gone: Hubble Captures Uranus's Rings on Edge
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About the Object Object Name: Uranus Object Description: Planet Distance: The semi-major axis of Uranus's orbit about the sun is 19.18 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 4.5 billion km. Dimensions: Uranus (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 32,000 miles (51,000 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposals 10473: M. Showalter (SETI Institute) and J. Lissauer (NASA Ames Research Center), and 10870, and 11292: M. Showalter (SETI Institute), R. French (Wellesley College), D. Hamilton (University of Maryland), J. Lissauer (NASA Ames Research Center), and P. Nicholson (Cornell University). Instrument: ACS/HRC, WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): Various dates 2003-2007 ACS Filters: Clear, F330W ("U"), F475W ("g"), F606W ("V"), F814W ("I)" WFPC2 Filters: F450W ("B"), F606W ("V"), F814W ("I") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute) Release Date: August 23, 2007 Orientation/Scale: Hubble Captures Full View of Uranus's Rings on Edge: Unannotated [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Release Date*:August 23, 2007 02:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Going, Going, Gone: Hubble Captures Uranus's Rings on Edge
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-32d
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Sun
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Uranus
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COMPASS
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Uranus
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Maryland
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Hamilton
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Ames Research Center (ARC)
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August 23, 2007
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2007
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-200 7-32d
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Release Date:
August 23, 2007 02:00 PM (EDT)

Going, Going, Gone: Hubble Captures Uranus's Rings on Edge