Eurybates Satellite (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Eurybates Satellite

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Hubble images of Eurybates and its newly discovered satellite shown in this animated gif alternate between the Jan. 3, 2020, detection of the satellite (circled in green) and the Dec. 11, 2019, data when the satellite was too close to the primary to be observed.

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NASA/HST/Noll

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