Asteroid in Hubble Data

 Asteroid in Hubble Data

Here is an asteroid with a visual magnitude of 21.8 passing a galaxy in the constellation Leo. The trail is seen in two consecutive exposures, the first shown in blue and the second in red. This asteroid has a diameter of half a mile (0.8 kilometers), and was located 188 million miles from Earth and 233 million miles from the sun.

Credits

Credit: R. Evans and K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA