Huge Asteroid Wrapped in Thick Dust Blanket

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

If astronauts ever visit the asteroid Lutetia, they may have to strap on some snowshoes to avoid sinking beneath its nearly half-mile-thick layer of dust.

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