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About
this Object
Object
Name: |
Neptune |
Object Description: |
Planet |
Dimensions: |
Neptune has a diameter of roughly 30,800 miles (49,600 kilometers) at the equator.
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Distance: |
The semi-major axis of Neptune's orbit about the Sun is 30.06 astronomical units (roughly 2.8 billion miles or 4.5 billion kilometers).
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About
the Data
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Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from proposal 12675: K. Noll, Z. Levay, M. Livio, C. Christian, H. Bond, L. Frattare, M. Mutchler, T. Borders, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI).
Special thanks to Amy Simon-Miller (GSFC) for help analyzing and processing the Hubble data.
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Instrument: |
WFC3/UVIS |
Filters: |
F467N (46nm), F631N (63nm), and F845M (84nm) |
Exposure
Date: |
June 25-26, 2011 |
Exposure
Time: |
36 minutes |
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About
this Image
Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
Release
Date: |
July 12, 2011 |
Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the WFC3/UVIS instrument
on the Hubble Space Telescope using three different filters. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image.
In this case, the assigned colors are:
F467N (46nm) |
blue |
F631N (63nm) |
green |
F845M (84nm) |
red-orange |
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