Up close, asteroid resembles planet
By Annie Hautefeuille and Richard Ingham | China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-29 08:11
Potato-shaped rock 121 km long
PARIS - A rare opportunity to observe an asteroid at close quarters has unveiled a remarkable rock that seems to be a precursor of a planet, astronomers reported on Thursday.
"This is the first object of this kind we have ever seen," Stephane Erard of the Paris Observatory told AFP.
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