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Image: Laomedeia VLT-FORS1 2002-09-03 annotated

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Description: Animation of three 420-second exposures of Neptune's irregular moon Laomedeia, imaged as a slow-moving 24th magnitude object by Brett J. Gladman et al. with the ESO's VLT-FORS1 imager on 3 September 2002. These images were taken as part of follow-up observations of Neptune's five irregular moons discovered by Gladman et al. in the month before (August 2002).
Title: Laomedeia VLT-FORS1 2002-09-03 annotated
Credit: Raw images provided by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre's Solar System Object Image Search. Observational Metadata from the ESO's Science Archive Facility: FORS1.2002-09-03T01:41:32.523
Author: Brett J. Gladman et al./European Southern Observatory
Permission: ESO Archive FAQ: "As a rule, science data in ESO Archive are available to users worldwide as soon as data proprietary period has expired (typically: one year)." http://archive.eso.org/cms/faq/are-all-data-from-eso-archive-available-worldwide.html
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