Binary system 2007 TY430
Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (on Gemini North, GMOS-N) observation of the “Plutino” binary system 2007 TY430, which is located nearly 40 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. (The average distance between the Earth and Sun is 1 AU.) The pair is separated by about 42,000 km, which appears here at maximum separation of only 0.7 arcsecond on the sky.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann12003a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Feb. 16, 2012, 4:01 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann12003 |
Size: | 500 x 536 px |