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Swift Image of Asteroid (596) Scheila

Swift Image of Asteroid (596) Scheila
Faint dust plumes bookend asteroid (596) Scheila, which is overexposed in this composite image. Visible and ultraviolet images from Swift's UVOT (circled) are merged with a Digital Sky Survey image of the same region. The UVOT images were acquired on Dec. 15, 2010, when the asteroid was about 232 million miles from Earth.
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Asteroid (596) Scheila
  • Release Date
    April 28, 2011
  • Science Release
    NASA’s SWIFT and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris
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  • Credit
    NASA/Swift/DSS/D. Bodewits (University of Maryland, College Park)

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