Mitch Cronin Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNMYO4KKF_index_0.html Found through APOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Where is that thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2867_Šteins It's orbiting our sun in what they call the Main Belt about 360 million km, from Earth when those shots were taken... http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Wow! Pretty good image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 What exactly does "actual animation" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 I guess it means it's actual photograph's played in sequence to form an animation. Speaking of animation... Here's one that nicely shows where it (the asteroid 2867 Steins) and the Rosetta satellite are: http://rosetta.esa.int/science-e/www/objec...fobjectid=43123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 So, it looks like Rosetta is coming home in Oct '09... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 By the way, you made a doctor appointment yet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Cool stuff, ain't it?... and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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