Sylvia and Lamberta
These images have been captured with the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope as part of a programme that surveyed 42 of the largest asteroids in our Solar System. They show two of the least dense asteroids imaged, Sylvia and Lamberta, which have a density of about 1.3 grammes per cubic centimetre, approximately the density of coal.
Credit:ESO/Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS)
About the Image
| Id: | eso2114d |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 12 October 2021, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2114 |
| Size: | 2118 x 1090 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 87 Sylvia, Lamberta |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
