File:2002 MS4 New Horizons.gif

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2002 MS4, imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2016

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English: In July 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft imaged the possible dwarf planet (307261) 2002 MS4, from a distance of 15.3au (2.3 billion km, 1.4 billion mi). At the time, the object was visible at apparent magnitude +19.4 from the position of the spacecraft, in the direction of the constellation Hercules.
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Source NASA New Horizons images of 2002 MS4, processed by myself from the raw data, available at https://tools.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/target=2002+MS4&cols=opusid,instrument,planet,target,time1,observationduration&widgets=target&order=time1,opusid&view=browse&browse=gallery&cart_browse=gallery&startobs=1&cart_startobs=1&detail=
Author NASA, JHUAPL, SwRI, Daniel Bamberger

Astrometry:
U7261 S2016 07 13.62673817 19 19.490+25 49 45.91 19.1 GV C54
U7261 s2016 07 13.6267382 +08.8022442 -31.4627464 -12.3237902 C54
U7261 S2016 07 14.31424017 19 17.901+25 50 42.44 19.0 GV C54
U7261 s2016 07 14.3142402 +08.7936569 -31.4716427 -12.3274225 C54
U7261 S2017 10 31.00144316 55 38.661+38 20 25.02 19.5 GV C54
U7261 s2017 10 31.0014432 +09.9012681 -36.2548747 -14.2475267 C54
U7261 S2017 11 01.00144316 55 34.819+38 22 13.35 19.4 GV C54
U7261 s2017 11 01.0014432 +09.9153288 -36.2743037 -14.2556277 C54
U7261 S2017 11 02.00145516 55 30.752+38 23 58.79 19.1 GV C54
U7261 s2017 11 02.0014552 +09.9296228 -36.2935610 -14.2636542 C54

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