Minor Planet Portugal
An image of the minor planet dubbed Portugal, also cataloged as number 3933 by the International Astronomical Union, the body responsible for naming celestial objects. A minor planet is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet nor a comet. Many tens of thousands of these objects have been described, most of which orbit the Sun in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | minor |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 4036 x 2631 px |
About the Object
Name: | (3933) Portugal |
Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet |
Category: | • Solar System |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
1.7ˆàMB
Publication TIFF 4K
6.8ˆàMB
Publication JPEG
2.4ˆàMB
Screensize JPEG
154.1ˆàKB
Wallpapers
1024x768
208.7ˆàKB
1280x1024
309.7ˆàKB
1600x1200
418.4ˆàKB
1920x1200
489.9ˆàKB
2048x1536
607.8ˆàKB
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope |
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