I got a bit of info from those people at newmars.com marsscoiety, European Space Agency , the ESA is asking amateur skywatchers for help tracking its Rosetta spacecraft, its comet-hunting craft that does fly bys of asteoids and Mars but it is set to swing past Earth.
This is not my photo, it belongs to some Swiss person
People have been taking photos since the 28th of Feb -_-
http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2005/02ma...hugentobler.gif
The photo contest has a prize of 2 VIP tickets to attend Venus Express launch event at the Operations centre from Darmstadt in Germany
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM8M8D3M5E_index_0.html
this link has information on the 'Rosetta Up Close'
Space Ref & i-Newswire also have a bit of info