OSIRIS camera on Rosetta obtains ?light curve? of asteroid Steins

During the very first observations of Rosetta?s flyby target 2867-Steins in March 2006 the onboard camera OSIRIS obtained the most accurate ?light curve? of this asteroid so far.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMCC2R08ZE_index_0.html

Time: 20. Mar. 2007

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Topics: asteroid, camera, curve, light, osiris, rosetta