Rosetta at Steins

Hi,

The Rosetta probe fly bys asteroid 2867 Steins this evening.

This is the first probe to visit to an E-type (nothing to do with sports cars) Asteroid. Steins is a small body only a few km across.

Steins is poorly placed for observing and anyway is a faint 17th magnitude object,

John

Here are a few links to this topic. Bit late but hay

www.esa.int/esaMI/Operations/SEMLIW6UWJF_0.html

www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNMYO4KKF_index_0.html