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Regions on asteroid (21) Lutetia

Regions on asteroid (21) Lutetia


Date: 27 October 2011
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Maps of regions on asteroid (21) Lutetia
Copyright: ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

Three images of asteroid (21) Lutetia taken at (from left to right) 60, 30 and 3 minutes prior to closest approach during the Rosetta flyby of 10 July 2010.

Almost the entire northern hemisphere and parts of the southern hemisphere were imaged by the wide and narrow angle cameras of the OSIRIS instrument. These unprecedented images enabled the Rosetta science team to identify seven distinct topographic and geological regions, which were named after provinces of the ancient Roman Empire: Baetica, Achaia, Etruria, Narbonensis, Noricum, Pannonia and Raetia. The unobserved area of the southern hemisphere was named after Hermann Goldschmidt, who discovered asteroid Lutetia in 1852.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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