Rosetta Completes Close Encounter of Asteroid
Credit: ESA ©2008 MPS FOR OSIRIS TEAM
Scientists are beginning to cull information from a small asteroid—2867 Steins—following a close flyby by Europe’s Rosetta comet chaser. The Sept. 5 encounter brought the probe to within 800 km. (495 mi.) of the target for imaging with its Osiris wide-angle optical camera. Seen in a mosaic from the...
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