PIA20040: First Radar Images of Halloween Asteroid
These first radar images of 2015 TB145 from the National Science Foundation's 1,000-foot (305-meter) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, indicate the near-Earth object is spherical in shape and approximately 2,000 feet (600 meters) in diameter.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Instrument:  Arecibo Observatory 
 Product Size:  1050 x 149 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NSF 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA20040.tif (87.11 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA20040.jpg (12.76 kB)  

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These first radar images of 2015 TB145 from the National Science Foundation's 1,000-foot (305-meter) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, indicate the near-Earth object is spherical in shape and approximately 2,000 feet (600 meters) in diameter. The radar images were taken on Oct. 30, 2015, and the image resolution is 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel.

The celestial object is more than likely a dead comet that has shed its volatiles after numerous passes around the sun.

Image Credit:
NAIC-Arecibo/NSF

Image Addition Date:
2015-10-30