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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 NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.Asteroid (596) Scheila
- Release DateApril 28, 2011
- Science ReleaseNASA’s SWIFT and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris
- CreditNASA/Swift/DSS/D. Bodewits (University of Maryland, College Park)
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