Binary system 2007 TY430

Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (on Gemini North, GMOS-N) observation of the “Plutino” binary system 2007 TY430, which is located nearly 40 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. (The average distance between the Earth and Sun is 1 AU.) The pair is separated by about 42,000 km, which appears here at maximum separation of only 0.7 arcsecond on the sky.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

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Id:geminiann12003a
Type:Observation
Release date:Feb. 16, 2012, 4:01 p.m.
Related announcements:geminiann12003
Size:500 x 536 px

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