Asteroid Hektor (Asteroid 1989 PB)

Painting

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Planetary Science Institute

Name/Title

Asteroid Hektor (Asteroid 1989 PB)

Description

This was originally painted in 1978 as a possible model of Trojan asteroid 624 Hektor seen as a compound asteroid formed by two bodies. It was then repainted in 1992 for a textbook as a view of Asteroid 4769 Castalia (1989 PB) passing near Earth.

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic on ragboard

Made/Created

Artist

William K. Hartmann