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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cometary and Asteroid Missions _ E-type asteroid (2867) Steins: flyby target for Rosetta
Posted by: Paolo Sep 25 2007, 06:58 PM
In the latest issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics
http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2007/39/aa8272-07/aa8272-07.html
Posted by: CAP-Team Sep 25 2007, 08:55 PM
Cool, another asteroid explored from a close distance!
Posted by: mchan Sep 27 2007, 08:36 AM
And yet another to come afterwards. Rosetta will flyby 21 Lutetia in July 2010. Lutetia will be the largest asteroid visited by spacecraft until Dawn reaches Vesta in 2011.
Posted by: ugordan Sep 27 2007, 09:13 AM
Of course, we will be seeing the first images from the Steins flyby shortly before NH reaches Pluto, followed by several unprocessed, raw snapshots of Lutetia around the time NH makes its other KBO encounter...
Posted by: Toma B Sep 27 2007, 09:33 AM
WOW!
That means that Mars images taken this year will be released soon after the end of next year?
Posted by: tedstryk Sep 27 2007, 02:10 PM
Well, we will probably get an image or two at the time of the flyby, but I agree with your time table for everything else.
Posted by: Paolo Oct 13 2007, 09:31 AM
In Astronomy & Astrophysics this week
http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/abs/2007/41/aa8411-07/aa8411-07.html
Posted by: elakdawalla Oct 18 2007, 09:40 PM
Here's a snapshot of a poster presented at DPS, showing how they have determined the flyby location & distance for the Steins encounter. Neat stuff. --Emily
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Posted by: stevesliva Oct 18 2007, 10:19 PM
The grammar police tell me that they screwed up 'less' and 'fewer.' 
Thanks for the poster image... sounds like it will be a really good look.
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