File:Asteroid 2010 TK7.jpg
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Summary
A Glimmer in the Eye of WISE
Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The majority of the other dots are stars or galaxies far beyond our solar system.
Astronomers discovered this object -- the first known Earth Trojan asteroid -- after sifting through asteroid candidates identified by WISE.
This image was taken in infrared light at a wavelength of 4.6 microns in Oct. 2010.
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| current | 17:22, 12 January 2017 | | 800 × 600 (95 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A Glimmer in the Eye of WISE <p>Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The majority of the other dots are stars or galaxies far beyond our solar system. </p> <p>Astronomers discovered this object -- the first known Earth Trojan asteroid -- after sifting through asteroid candidates identified by WISE. </p> This image was taken in infrared light at a wavelength of 4.6 microns in Oct. 2010. |
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