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Asteroid Annefrank
Credit: STARDUST Team, JPL, NASA
Explanation: NASA's interplanetary probe STARDUST, on its way to Comet Wild 2 in
January 2004, passed asteroid 5535 Annefrank earlier this month. Annefrank, named for a
holocaust victim who kept a famous diary, is a member of the main asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter. Just prior to closest approach at about 3300 km distant, the robot spacecraft
took the above picture. Although images obtained were not detailed enough to
Credit: STARDUST Team, JPL, NASA
Explanation: NASA's interplanetary probe STARDUST, on its way to Comet Wild 2 in
January 2004, passed asteroid 5535 Annefrank earlier this month. Annefrank, named for a
holocaust victim who kept a famous diary, is a member of the main asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter. Just prior to closest approach at about 3300 km distant, the robot spacecraft
took the above picture. Although images obtained were not detailed enough to