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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Animation of Lutetia flyby
Asteroids are real; obviously, because the Dawn mission is currently orbiting one (Vesta). And the Rosetta mission flew by Lutetia. So here's what it's like to fly by an asteroid, considerably faster than it actually happened.
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