Mysterious Asteroid Unmasked By Space Probe Flyby
Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 14:21
in Astronomy & Space
A European spacecraft zoomed by past the mysterious asteroid Lutetia Saturday to take the first-ever close look at the space rock while flying 282 million miles from Earth.
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