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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008
Phil Stooke
post May 14 2012, 06:15 PM
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Just announced - a set of names for craters and a region on asteroid Steins:

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/steins.pdf

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post May 14 2012, 07:04 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 14 2012, 08:15 PM) *
Just announced - a set of names for craters and a region on asteroid Steins:


precious stones?


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Well, everybody said Steins looked like a diamond.

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QUOTE (Paolo @ May 14 2012, 02:04 PM) *
precious stones?


Ha! Neat. No offense to Vesta, but this naming theme's a bit easier.
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