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Offline sam

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Asteroid Pictures: Battered World Found in Lutetia
« on: July 15, 2010, 05:23 »
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Asteroid 21 Lutetia is exposed, craters and all, in a picture captured Saturday by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft. Rosetta's close encounter with Lutetia revealed a battered world—a possible remnant from the birth of our solar system, astronomers say.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100713-lutetia-asteroid-rosetta-space-science-pictures/?now=2010-07-13-00:01#lutetia-rosetta-asteroid-flyby-closest_23300_600x450.jpg
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Re: Asteroid Pictures: Battered World Found in Lutetia
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010, 09:01 »
What an incredible picture!  8-)
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Re: Asteroid Pictures: Battered World Found in Lutetia
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010, 10:43 »
The resolution is just amazing  :woot:
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Re: Asteroid Pictures: Battered World Found in Lutetia
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2010, 14:18 »
that's what you get for flying your space craft right by it. amazing stuff
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