Detail View: NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection: Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth
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Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth
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Fast Facts:
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A. Weaver (JHU/APL), S.A. Stern and J.R. Spencer (SwRI), M.W. Buie (Lowell Obs.), E. Young, L.A. Young, and A.J. Steffl (SwRI), M. Mutchler (STScI) and W.J. Merline (SwRI). Instrument: ACS/HRC Exposure Date(s): February 15 and March 2, 2006 Filters: F435W ("B") and F606W ("V") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Release Date: March 10, 2006 Color Assignment: This image is black and white and represents the range of brightness recorded by the ACS/HRC camera. Orientation: Pluto System: March 2, 2006 [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2006/15/images/c/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ]
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2006-15f
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COMPASS
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Pluto
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March 10, 2006
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2006
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2006-15f
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original url:
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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/15/image/f/
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Release Date:
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March 10, 2006 09:00 AM (EST)
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