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OSIRIS camera on Rosetta obtains 'light curve' of asteroid Steins
03-20-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)During the very first observations of Rosetta's flyby target 2867-Steins in March 2006 the onboard camera OSIRIS obtained the most accurate 'light curve' of this asteroid so far.
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