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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Stansberry (Univ. of Arizona)

Kuiper Belt Object 2002 AW197

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About the Object Object Name: 2001 AW₁₉₇
Object Type: Kuiper Belt Object
Distance: 47 AU

About the Data Spitzer Image
Image Credit: J. Stansberry (Univ. of Arizona)
Instrument: MIPS
Wavelength: 24 (blue image), 70 (red image) microns
Exposure Date: 2004 April 13
Image Scale: 2.5 x 2.5 arcmin
Release Date: 11/10/04

Observers John Stansberry (University of Arizona)
Dale Cruikshank (NASA Ames)

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24-micron image.
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Stansberry (Univ. of Arizona)

70-micron image.
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Stansberry (Univ. of Arizona)

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