NASA Photo ID: S90-50868           File Name: 10063632.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 10/23/90
  Title: HST image of Pluto - the "Double Planet"
  Description:
  European Space Agency (ESA) Faint Object Camera (FOC) image was taken by 
  the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of Pluto - the "Double Planet".  This FOC 
  image, the first long duration HST exposure of a moving target, appears in 
  the upper right hand frame and shows Pluto (bright object at the center of 
  the frame) and Charon (fainter object in the lower left).  Charon's orbit 
  around Pluto is indicated in the diagram at the bottom and the best 
  ground-based image of Pluto and Charon taken from the Canada-France-Hawaii 
  telescope in Hawaii appears in the upper left hand frame.  Image was
  released  10-04-90.             
  Subject terms:
  CHARON                                  
  FAINT OBJECTS                           
  HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE                  
  PLUTO (PLANET)                          
  SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY
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