International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Binary system 2007 TY430
Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (on Gemini North, GMOS-N) observation of the “Plutino” binary system 2007 TY430, which is located nearly 40 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. (The average distance between the Earth and Sun is 1 AU.) The pair is separated by about 42,000 km, which appears here at maximum separation of only 0.7 arcsecond on the sky.
