PIA21453: Radar Images of Asteroid 2017 BQ6
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
 Instrument:  Goldstone Solar System Radar
 Product Size:  1000 x 600 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
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 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA21453.jpg (104.9 kB)

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This composite of 11 images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 was generated with radar data collected using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert on Feb. 5, 2017, between 5:24 and 5:52 p.m. PST (8:24 to 8:52 p.m. EST / 1:24 to 1:52 UTC). The images have resolutions as fine as 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages and operates NASA's Deep Space Network, including the Goldstone Solar System Radar, and hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program within the agency's Science Mission Directorate.

JPL hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program within the agency's Science Mission Directorate.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects can be found at http://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR

Image Addition Date:
2017-02-10