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LongTomH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 03:45 PM
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ESA's Rosetta Probe Flies by Asteroid 21 Lutetia Today!
From Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog:

At 15:45 UTC tomorrow, July 10, the European Space Agency probe Rosetta will fly to within 3200 km (2000 miles) of the asteroid 21 Lutetia. This close pass will reveal, for the first time, the shape and details of this roughly 100-km-diameter rock.


Actually, that's today. ESA is running a live stream of this event NOW.

Here's ESA's homepage on Rosetta.
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LongTomH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:22 PM
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1. Closest approach photo of 21 Lutetia.
http://www.esa.int/export/images/4_closest_approach,1.jpg

Fan-tastic!!!!
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