Europe's Rosetta space probe has flown past the Asteroid Lutetia, returning a stream of scientific data for analysis. The rock - some 120km (75 miles) in its longest dimension - is the biggest asteroid yet visited by a satellite.
Pictures showed Lutetia to be quite irregular in shape, its surface marked by a number of wide impact craters and even some intriguing grooves. Rosetta's encounter with the asteroid occurred some 454 million km from Earth, beyond the orbit of Mars.
Pictures showed Lutetia to be quite irregular in shape, its surface marked by a number of wide impact craters and even some intriguing grooves. Rosetta's encounter with the asteroid occurred some 454 million km from Earth, beyond the orbit of Mars.
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