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Kuiper Belt Object 1110113Y

Kuiper Belt Object 1110113Y

About the Object

  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    Roughly 4 billion miles from Earth at the time of observation

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 image was created from Hubble data from the following proposals: 13633 and 9583 J. Spencer (Southwest Research Institute), H. Weaver (JHU/APL), M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), M. Showalter (SETI Institute), D. Borncamp (STScI), C. Fuentes (Northern Arizona University), A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), J. Kavelaars (National Research Council of Canada), M. Belton (NOAO), and J.-M. Petit (CNRS, Observatoire de Besancon).
  • 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.
    June 24, 2014, Exposure Time: 31 minutes (5 x 370 seconds)
  • 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.
    1110113Y
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Kuiper Belt Object
  • Release Date
    July 1, 2014
  • Science Release
    Hubble to Proceed with Full Search for New Horizons Targets
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, SwRI, JHU/APL, and the New Horizons KBO Search Team

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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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