NAVCAM A captures asteroid Steins
Date: 19 August 2008
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: NAVCAM A observation of Steins on 4 August
Copyright: ESA
On this day, the asteroid was still fainter than the nominal detection limit of the camera. The larger surrounding white spots are stars. Almost all other small white spots are artefacts from the camera's CCD sensor (known as pixel dark current), which considerably degrades the quality of the image. The asteroid was found within 3 arcseconds of its predicted position.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
