Rosetta triumphs at asteroid Lutetia

Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 17:21 in Astronomy & Space

Asteroid Lutetia has been revealed as a battered world of many craters. European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has returned the first close-up images of the asteroid showing it is most probably a primitive survivor from the violent birth of the Solar System.

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