PIA22557: Radar Images of Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5


Radar Images of Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5

Caption:

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Radar images of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR). The observations, conducted on June 23, 2018, show two lobes, but do not yet show two separate objects.

Background Info:

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target 2017 YE5
System Near Earth Objects
Target Type Asteroid
Mission Deep Space Network (DSN)
Instrument Host Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC)
Host Type Ground-Based Observatory
Instrument Goldstone Solar System Radar
Detector
Extra Keywords Binary, Grayscale, Movie, Radar
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2018-07-12
Date in Caption 2018-06-23
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22557
Identifier PIA22557