Asteroid fly-by
This short video shows an artist's impression of 2004 EW95, the first carbon-rich asteroid confirmed to exist in the Kuiper Belt and a relic of the primordial Solar System. The video shows a fly-by of the enigmatic asteroid as it tumbles through the icy outer reaches of the Solar System due to past interactions with migrating planets.
Credit:ESO/M. Kornmesser
About the Video
| Id: | eso1814c |
| Release date: | 9 May 2018, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1814 |
| Duration: | 24 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | 2004 EW95 |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
