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English: In July 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft imaged the possible dwarf planet (307261) 2002 MS4, from a distance of 15.3au (2.3 billion km, 1.4 billion mi). At the time, the object was visible at apparent magnitude +19.4 from the position of the spacecraft, in the direction of the constellation Hercules.
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Source NASA New Horizons images of 2002 MS4, processed by myself from the raw data, available at https://tools.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/target=2002+MS4&cols=opusid,instrument,planet,target,time1,observationduration&widgets=target&order=time1,opusid&view=browse&browse=gallery&cart_browse=gallery&startobs=1&cart_startobs=1&detail=
Author NASA, JHUAPL, SwRI, Daniel Bamberger

Astrometry:
U7261 S2016 07 13.62673817 19 19.490+25 49 45.91 19.1 GV C54
U7261 s2016 07 13.6267382 +08.8022442 -31.4627464 -12.3237902 C54
U7261 S2016 07 14.31424017 19 17.901+25 50 42.44 19.0 GV C54
U7261 s2016 07 14.3142402 +08.7936569 -31.4716427 -12.3274225 C54
U7261 S2017 10 31.00144316 55 38.661+38 20 25.02 19.5 GV C54
U7261 s2017 10 31.0014432 +09.9012681 -36.2548747 -14.2475267 C54
U7261 S2017 11 01.00144316 55 34.819+38 22 13.35 19.4 GV C54
U7261 s2017 11 01.0014432 +09.9153288 -36.2743037 -14.2556277 C54
U7261 S2017 11 02.00145516 55 30.752+38 23 58.79 19.1 GV C54
U7261 s2017 11 02.0014552 +09.9296228 -36.2935610 -14.2636542 C54

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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2002 MS4, imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2016

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