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European Space Agency Rosetta Satellite Scans Asteroid

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

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The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta took a close look at an asteroid called Steins, which floats in the asteroid belt, ESA announced. Rosetta approached asteroid 2867 Steins, coming to within a distance of only 800 kilometers (497.1 miles) from it. Steins is Rosetta's first nominal scientific target in its 11-plus-years mission culminating in an exploration of the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The success of the close encounter with Steins was confirmed when ESA's ground control team at the…

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