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Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 – December 13, 2013

Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - December 13, 2013

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    The Hubble data are from proposal 13612: D. Jewitt (University of California, Los Angeles), H. Weaver (JHU/APL), J. Agarwal (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research), S. Larson (University of Arizona), and M. Mutchler (STScI).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>WFC3/UVIS
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    December 13, 2013
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F350LP (long pass)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    P/2013 R3
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Disintegrating Comet/Asteroid
  • Release Date
    March 6, 2014
  • Science Release
    Hubble Witnesses an Asteroid Mysteriously Disintegrating
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Hubble Observation of P/2013 R3 - December 13, 2013
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

This image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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