Kuiper Belt Object Found Possibly As Large As Pluto's Moon
The May 22, 2001, discovery image for the large Kuiper Belt Object 2001 KX76 was produced by combining two exposures from the 4-meter Blanco Telescope at CTIO in such a way that moving objects appear as red-colored pairs of images. 2001 KX76 is the bright red-cyan pair of dots at the center of the picture. Non-moving objects, such as stars and galaxies, appear white in the picture.
Credit:Deep Ecliptic Survey Team/NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | noao0110a |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | July 2, 2001 |
Related releases: | noao0110 |
Size: | 249 x 249 px |
About the Object
Name: | 2001 KX76 |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colors & filters
Band | Tele-scope |
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Optical | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope |
Optical | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope |