Steins Asteroid
Asteroid (2867), also known as Steins Asteroid, was photographed by the European Space Agency probe Rosetta on September 5, 2008. Due to an unknown software malfunction, the probe's camera failed to take images during the closest pass.1
Fast Facts
- Located between Mars and Jupiter's orbits2
- Diameter: 3.1 miles1
- Rotation period: 6.05 hoursLocated between Mars and Jupiter's orbits2
- Surface pockmarked with 23 craters more than 200 meters wide1
- Several high resolution photographs taken before and after closest pass to probe1
- An E-type asteroid: may have broken off from a larger satellite2
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