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Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Odd asteroid much bigger on camera

An asteroid photographed by the passing deep space probe Stardust proved twice as large as expected, according to NASA scientists, who on Tuesday released the first image of the encounter.
Launched in 1999, Stardust should return to Earth in 2006 with samples from comet Wild-2 as well as interstellar dust particles near the asteroid belt. The mission is the first designed to return with materials from beyond the moon.

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