1. E-Type Asteroid (2867) Steins as Imaged by OSIRIS on Board Rosetta
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Keller, H. U, Barbieri, Cesare, Koschny, D, Lamy, P, Rickman, H, Rodrigo, R, Sierks, H, Ahearn, M. F, Angrilli, F, Barucci, M. A, Bertaux, J. L, Cremonese, G, Deppo, Da, Davidsson, V, B, Cecco, De, Debei, Stefano, Fornasier, S, Fulle, S, Groussin, M, Gutierrez, O, P. J, Hviid, S. F, Ip, W. H, Jorda, Knollenberg, L, Kramm, J, J. R, Kãœhrt, Kãœppers, E, Lara, M, L. M., Lazzarin, Monica, Moreno, M, Lopez, J., Marzari, Francesco, Michalik, H, Naletto, Giampiero, Sabau, L, Thomas, N, Wenzel, K. P, Bertini, Ivano, Besse, S, Ferri, F, Kaasalainen, M, Lowry, S, Marchi, S, Mottola, S, Sabolo, W, Schrã–der, S. E, Spjuth, S, Vernazza, P., Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Dipartimento di Astronomia [Padova], Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Department of Astronomy [College Park], University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati / International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA / ISAS), National Central University [Taiwan] (NCU), German Aerospace Center (DLR), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Institute of Computer and Network Engineering [Braunschweig] (IDA), Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), University of Kent [Canterbury], Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Universita degli Studi di Padova, European Space Agency (ESA), and Universität Bern [Bern]
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Asteroid (2867) ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,[PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,Comet ,CRATERS ,[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,engineering.material ,01 natural sciences ,Astrobiology ,collisional history ,Impact crater ,belt ,0103 physical sciences ,Rosetta ,OSIRIS ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Physics ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Rubble ,Astronomy ,Asteroid (2867) Steins ,biology.organism_classification ,On board ,Asteroid ,ASTEROID-2867-STEINS ,engineering ,Asteroid belt ,Board Rosetta ,Solid rock ,Osiris - Abstract
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission encountered the main-belt asteroid (2867) Steins while on its way to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Images taken with the OSIRIS (optical, spectroscopic, and infrared remote imaging system) cameras on board Rosetta show that Steins is an oblate body with an effective spherical diameter of 5.3 kilometers. Its surface does not show color variations. The morphology of Steins is dominated by linear faults and a large 2.1-kilometer-diameter crater near its south pole. Crater counts reveal a distinct lack of small craters. Steins is not solid rock but a rubble pile and has a conical appearance that is probably the result of reshaping due to Yarkovsky-O’Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) spin-up. The OSIRIS images constitute direct evidence for the YORP effect on a main-belt asteroid.
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- 2010