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Press Release

Release No.: 2010-17For Release: Monday, September 27, 2010
Pan-STARRS Discovers Its First Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
2010 ST3
Two images of 2010 ST3 (circled in green) taken by PS1 about 15 minutes apart on the night of September 16 show the asteroid moving against the background field of stars and galaxies. Each image is about 100 arc seconds across.
Credit: PS1SC
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Pan-STARRS PS1 Observatory
Pan-STARRS PS1 Observatory just before sunrise on Haleakala, Maui.
Credit: Rob Ratkowski
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