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05-August-2008, 04:40 AM
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Rosetta Begins Tracking Asteroid Steins for Flyby
Since waking up in early July from a brief hibernation, the Rosetta space probe has passed yet another milestone on the long journey to its rendezvous with the comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014: it has begun tracking the asteroid (2867) Steins. The spacecraft will perform a close flyby of the asteroid on September 5th, 2008, [...]
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05-August-2008, 12:03 PM
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Each new asteroid/comet that we observe with a probe fly-by has been very interesting. There is a lot of variety so far. I'm curious to see images of Steins.
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