Lutetia as seen from Rosetta
Lutetia as seen from Rosetta
Asteroid Lutetia, photographed by Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system.
The European Rosetta spacecraft has achieved a further milestone on its journey to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On 10 July 2010 at 17:45 CEST, the orbiter flew past asteroid Lutetia on its second and final pass through the asteroid belt at about 15 kilometres per second – 54,000 kilometres per hour – just 3162 kilometres from the asteroid.
