Detail View: NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection: Saturn Stars in Three Hubble Movies
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Title:
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Saturn Stars in Three Hubble Movies
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Fast Facts:
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Saturn Object Description: Planet Distance: The semi-major axis of Saturn's orbit about the sun is 9.5 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 1.4 billion km. Dimensions: The planet (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 75,000 miles (120,000 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: The Hubble images and videos were created from HST data from proposal 6030: M. Tomasko and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona); and proposal 9354: E. Karkoschka and M. Tomasko (University of Arizona). Instrument: WFPC2 ACS/HRC Exposure Date(s): August 6, 2005; November 17, 2005 March 7, 2003 Filters: F336W, F410M, F467M, F588N, FQCH4N-B, and F673N F435W, F502N, F550M, and F658N About the Release Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) Release Date: March 20, 2007 Orientation: Saturn's Moons - Frame 4 [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007/13/images/e/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ]
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note:
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-13j
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COMPASS
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Arizona
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August 6, 2005
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2003
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UID:
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2007-13j
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original url:
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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/13/image/j/
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Release Date:
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March 20, 2007 01:00 PM (EDT)
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