Rosetta's flyby of the asteroid Steins

Greg Bryant · #1 08-09-2008, 10:35 AM

The European Space Agency spacecraft Rosetta, en route to a rendezvous and landing on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, flew past the asteroid Steins on the weekend.

http://www.astmag.com.au/News_20080914_Rosetta.htm

Regards,
Greg

iceman (Mike) · #2 08-09-2008, 05:04 PM

Very cool! Just noticed it on APOD today too.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080908.html

I love the chain of craters, remarkable stuff.

sheeny (Al) · #3 08-09-2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

I love the chain of craters, remarkable stuff.

They're buttons on it's jammies, Mike!

Al.