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Despite Glitch, European Spacecraft's Asteroid Flyby a Success
By Peter B. de Selding
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 6 September 2008
9:31 am ET
PARIS - Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser satellite successfully detoured to
take a look at a rare type of asteroid Friday, getting a close-up view of
the diamond-shaped Steins asteroid, a gray, 3-mile (5-km) wide rock that
appears in images as a pock-marked with multiple craters that ultimately
will help determine its age.
The European Space Agency (ESA)
By Peter B. de Selding
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 6 September 2008
9:31 am ET
PARIS - Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser satellite successfully detoured to
take a look at a rare type of asteroid Friday, getting a close-up view of
the diamond-shaped Steins asteroid, a gray, 3-mile (5-km) wide rock that
appears in images as a pock-marked with multiple craters that ultimately
will help determine its age.
The European Space Agency (ESA)