Saturday 26 April 2014

Curiosity spots asteroids from the surface of Mars

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Curiosity spots asteroids from the surface of Mars
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Apr 25, 2013 - For the first time, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured images of an asteroid from the surface of Mars - two of them, in fact. The imagery recorded by Curiosity and beamed back to Earth feature Ceres and Vesta, two of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt that runs between between Mars and Jupiter. This Curiosity first was also a bit of a coincidence, as the SUV-sized rover had ai ... more


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