File:NASA's Planetary Radar Images Asteroid 2006 HV5 (PIA25834).tiff

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,922 × 1,411 pixels, file size: 2.22 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English:

This collage represents a selection of NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2006 HV5 on April 25, 2023, less than one day before its close approach with our planet at a distance of about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million kilometers, or about 6.3 times the distance between the Moon and Earth). Asteroid 2006 HV5 was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program in New Mexico in April 2006. The radar images show that 2006 HV5 is about 1,000 feet (300 meters) across, roughly the height of the Eiffel Tower, confirming size estimates derived from infrared observations made previously by NASA's NEOWISE mission. 2006 HV5 is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid as its orbit brings it close to Earth, but its path around the Sun is very well known and the asteroid is not an impact risk to our planet. Asteroids of this size come this close to Earth roughly once a year, on average.

The new observations were made by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory using the powerful 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna at the Deep Space Network's facility near Barstow, California. The images confirm the asteroid's size, while also providing a detailed look at its meatball-like shape.

The asteroid has a rounded appearance, is "squished" at the poles (i.e., it is oblate), and has a rotation period of about 3.6 hours. The sequence of radar images spans slightly more than one rotation. The images, which have a resolution of about 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel, reveal surface features such as ridges, flat regions, concavities, and small-scale topography that might indicate boulders.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.
Date (published)
Source Catalog page · Full-res (JPEG · TIFF) · Full-res ([ MP4]) · Full-res ([ GIF])
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech
Other versions
  • JPG version
    JPG version
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA25834.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

This media is a product of the
Deep Space Network (DSN)
Credit and attribution belongs to the mission team, if not already specified in the "author" row

Licensing[edit]

© The copyright holder of this file, NASA/JPL-Caltech, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted.
Attribution:
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Copyright Copyright According to JPL's image use policy additional restriction is that no endorsement of any product or service by Caltech, JPL or NASA is claimed or implied.

Caltech's disclaimer: Caltech makes no representations or warranties with respect to ownership of copyrights in the images, and does not represent others who may claim to be authors or owners of copyright of any of the images, and makes no warranties as to the quality of the images. Caltech shall not be responsible for any loss or expenses resulting from the use of the images, and you release and hold Caltech harmless from all liability arising from such use.

Usage on the English Wikipedia: On the English Wikipedia you can use the {{JPL Image}} template to display the copyright notice. (See w:Wikipedia:Using JPL images for details)

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:55, 20 June 2023Thumbnail for version as of 22:55, 20 June 20232,922 × 1,411 (2.22 MB)OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs)#Spacemedia - Upload of https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA25834.tif via Commons:Spacemedia

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:NASA%27s_Planetary_Radar_Images_Asteroid_2006_HV5_(PIA25834).tiff&oldid=775967563"