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Asteroid Toutatis with the VLT
The telescope was set to follow the predicted motion of the asteroid during 60 seconds (beginning on September 28, 2004, 23:34 hrs UT) and the images of the background stars in the sky field therefore appear as long trails.
ESO
O snímku
| Id: | eso0430a |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 29. září 2004 |
| Související články: | eso0430 |
| Velikost: | 1961 x 1961 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | 4179 Toutatis |
| Typ: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Kategorie: | Solar System |
Barvy & filtry
| Pásmo | Dalekohled |
|---|---|
| Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Poznámky: This image was observed simultaneously with a number of ESO telescopes from Paranal and La Silla observatories.