[FPSPACE] Steins: A diamond in the sky

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "ESA" <contactesa at esa.int>
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>Subject: [esa_general] Steins: A diamond in the sky
>Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:27:37 +0200
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>Steins: A diamond in the sky

>6 September 2008
>
>The first images from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared 
>spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered 
>spectacular results.
>
>"Steins looks like a diamond in the sky," said Uwe Keller, Principal 
>Investigator for the OSIRIS imaging system from the Max Planck Institut 
>Fuer Sonnensystemforschung, Lindau.
>
>Visible in the image are several small craters on the asteroid, and two 
>huge ones, one of which is 2 km in diameter, indicating that the asteroid 
>must be very old.
>
>http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNMYO4KKF_index_0.html
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