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Esa found a diamond in the sky !
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/index.html
ESA Rosetta Mission News: Steins: A diamond in the sky



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Gerhard Schwehm, Mission Manager for Rosetta said, "It looks like a typical asteroid, but it is really fascinating how much we can learn from just the images. This is our first science highlight; we certainly have a lot of promising science ahead of us. I’m already looking forward to encountering our next diamond in the sky, the much bigger Lutetia."
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The OSIRIS team expects that the images that they will retrieve from the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) will be of comparable resolution. This will add to the detailed colour information and hence to knowledge of the surface composition.
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Science team members noted that the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) appears to have switched to safe mode a few minutes before closest approach, but switched back on after a few hours.
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It looks sort of like an arrowhead to me.
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Planetary Society Weblog, 2 items:

Next Ladawalla Live Web Chat (in about 10 minutes) focuses on Steins and Rosetta. Article Ustream live web chat

More Steins images. Article
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