On Sept. 5, the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe transmitted dramatic 3-D photographs of 2867 Steins, an asteroid in the belt orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Because of its shape and unusual brightness, Steins has been called a "diamond in the sky."
The Rosetta craft will be approaching the larger asteroid 21 Lutetia in July of 2010, and will actually land on the surface of a comet in November of 2014, and ride on it around the sun for a year! Stay tuned.
This thing you are reading is "Photos of Steins asteroid by the Rosetta space probe." It was posted by Sean Gleeson in the Pictures category on September 6, 2008 12:43 PM.
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