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   Photo ID:

   S90-50868   


   Program:

   Shuttle   


   Mission:

   STS-031


   Date Taken:

   1990-10-23


   Film Type:

   4x5

Title:
HST image of Pluto - the "Double Planet"
Description:
European Space Agency (ESA) Faint Object Camera (FOC) image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of Pluto - the "Double Planet". This FOC image, the first long duration HST exposure of a moving target, appears in the upper right hand frame and shows Pluto (bright object at the center of the frame) and Charon (fainter object in the lower left). Charon's orbit around Pluto is indicated in the diagram at the bottom and the best ground-based image of Pluto and Charon taken from the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope in Hawaii appears in the upper left hand frame. Image was released 10-04-90.
Subject Terms:
CHARON FAINT OBJECTS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PLUTO (PLANET) SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY
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