r/space • u/Kairos385 • 6h ago
Discussion Does anyone have an explanation for the image of the asteroid 624 Hektor on Wikipedia?
The description on Wikipedia simply says "624 Hektor and its moon Skamandrios as imaged by the Keck Observatory in 2006."
I'm assuming the circled object is Skamandrios and the glowing bit in the center is Hektor, but what is the black circle behind it and the orange glow behind that? It almost looks like an eclipse but Hektor is an asteroid near Jupiter and from Earth's perspective Jupiter is never between us and the Sun so it can't be Jupiter blocking the Sun.
I feel like this should be obvious but it's bothering me way more than it should.