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    Rosetta/OSIRIS image of Lutetia - from 80,000 km

    Date: 10 July 2010
    Satellite: Rosetta
    Copyright: ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

    This image of asteroid (21) Lutetia was taken with the OSIRIS instrument on Rosetta on 10 July 2010, at a distance of 80 000 km, as the spacecraft approached the asteroid.


    Last Update: 13 July 2010

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