Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 8, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Lutetia’s dark side hosts hidden crater 8 October 2014 Grooves found on Lutetia, an asteroid encountered by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, point to the existence of a large impact crater on the unseen side of the rocky world.Rosetta flew past Lutetia at a distance of 3168 km in July 2010, en route to its 2014 rendezvous with its target comet. The spacecraft took images of the 100 km-wide asteroid for about two hours during the flyby, revealing numerous impact craters and hundreds of grooves all over the surface. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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