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David Aguilar
(617) 495-7462 Christine Pulliam (617) 495-7463 pubaffairs@cfa |
Release No.: 2010-17For Release: Monday, September 27, 2010
Pan-STARRS Discovers Its First Potentially Hazardous Asteroid ![]() 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 High Resolution Image (jpg) Low Resolution Image (jpg) ![]() Pan-STARRS PS1 Observatory just before sunrise on Haleakala, Maui.
Credit: Rob Ratkowski High Resolution Image (jpg) Low Resolution Image (jpg) |
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