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15 years 6 months ago #72586 by JohnONeill
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Hi,

The Rosetta probe fly bys asteroid 2867 Steins this evening.

This is the first probe to visit to an E-type (nothing to do with sports cars) Asteroid. Steins is a small body only a few km across.

Steins is poorly placed for observing and anyway is a faint 17th magnitude object,

John

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15 years 4 months ago #74447 by Kerry Stargazer
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