Rosetta Flyby Produces Video Showing Asteroid Lutetia

Named after the stone that allowed experts to crack the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Rosetta spacecraft was launched on March 2, 2004, on a rendezvous course with comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. En route, it carried out a flyby of asteroid 21 Lutetia, producing a remarkable video. T... [ read more >> ]

Snapshot from a short clip depicting asteroid 21 Lutetia

Image comment: Snapshot from a short clip depicting asteroid 21 Lutetia
Image credits: ESA

Snapshot from a short clip depicting asteroid 21 Lutetia