Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraftplanetary systemESTABLISHED
Universe / Laniakea Supercluster / Local Group / Milky Way / Solar System / Spitzer Space Telescope
OBJECT_MODEL::3Ddrag to orbit · scroll to zoom
agencyNASA
launched2003-08-25
statusretired (2020)
missionspace telescope
destinationEarth-trailing heliocentric orbit (infrared astronomy)
launch mass950 kg
scale domainplanetary system
true distance1.00 AU
rendered radius36.5 u
directionsymbolic
Radial distance is real (compressed for this scale domain); angular direction is symbolic — the source has distance-from-Earth but no RA/Dec.
confidence66%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · NASA JPL Spitzer (dataset)
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