I saw this on Euronews and went to the ESA site to see it, and there it is, an animation made with the photos taken by Rosetta of asteroid Steins.
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.
The images are 50 to 60 pixels in diameter, enough to characterise the shape and other characteristics of the body of the
asteroid.
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It's amazing that we can send a probe so near this type of celestial body, the people behind this project must be delighted with the results, I am
sure I would be.
