File:Centaur 10199 Chariklo (Illustration) (01GQJ8WWVBWDQV4P05Y74FVZRH).png
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DescriptionCentaur 10199 Chariklo (Illustration) (01GQJ8WWVBWDQV4P05Y74FVZRH).png |
English: This illustration shows what the Centaur Chariklo and its rings could look like, based on our current understanding.
Chariklo is the largest of the known Centaur population, located more than 2 billion miles away between the orbit of Saturn and Uranus. Chariklo is only 160 miles across (250 kilometers or about 1/50th of Earth’s diameter), and its rings orbit at a distance of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the center of the body. This illustration is based on previous observations of Chariklo. Webb has not captured a direct image of Chariklo, but has observed an occultation event in which Chariklo’s rings passed in front of a background star. Read the story. |
Date | 25 January 2023 (upload date) |
Source | Centaur 10199 Chariklo (Illustration) |
Author | ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA, ESA and CSA. NASA Webb material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA/CSA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if source material from other organizations is in use. The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-03127. Copyright statement at webbtelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the esawebb.org site, use the {{ESA-Webb}} tag. |
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