This is an up close picture of Lutetia , an asteroid that hangs out somewhere between Mars and Jupiter . It ’s the large asteroid ever visited by a satellite .
The European Space Agency ’s Rosetta mission came within 2,000 miles of the asteroid and was capable to capture images of Lutetia by using an OSIRIS ( Optical , Spectroscopic , and Infrared Remote Imaging System ) camera . The close images got down to less than 200 feet in resolution . It ’s amazing how passive the asteroid wait , lumpy craters and all . Then you remember things like this can destroy planets .
Rosetta actually has crowing plan than the Lutetia , with its conclusion address being the comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko . We ca n’t wait to see those pictures . [ wire ]
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