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ROSETTA is the 3rd cornerstone of the ESA Science Plan Horizon 2000 . The Mission is dedicated to explore small bodies of the Solar system, i.e. Asteroids and comets, with a launch in January 2003.On its way to the comet the spacecraft will have two close fly-bys of asteroids and the investigation of the comet Wirtanen will only start after approximately 9 years of flight. During the spacecraft's...
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