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Description1999kw4 vlt-eso1910.jpg
English: The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double asteroid was not itself a threatening object, scientists used the opportunity to rehearse the response to a hazardous Near-Earth Object (NEO), proving that ESO’s front-line technology could be critical in planetary defence.
The image shows SPHERE observations of Asteroid 1999 KW4. The angular resolution in this image is equivalent to picking out a single building in New York — from Paris.
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Cropped from the orginial image; the image source is at https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1910/ Direct image link: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1910a/
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Asteroid 1999 KW4
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