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Rosetta will encounter unseen asteroid Saturday
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Submitted: Fri Jul 09 2010
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The comet-bound Rosetta spacecraft will use its powerful instruments to see and sniff asteroid Lutetia Saturday, taking advantage of a fortuitous flyby of the perplexing object, which could be a chunk of primordial rock from the ancient solar system.