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21 Lutetia
ORBITS:
Sun
SMALL CELESTIAL BODY
An ancient asteroid seen through Rosetta’s eyes.
Discover the cratered asteroid visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, then explore its place in the Solar System on the SPACE-di interactive map.
naif:
2000021
Reference material: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3D render credits
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21 Lutetia: exploring our Solar System’s small worlds…
21 Lutetia is a small body in the Solar System, our region of space within the universe. The Sun is the star at the centre of this system. Explore its story and place in our planetary neighbourhood, then find it on the interactive 3D space map.
21 Lutetia — A catalogued small Solar System body. Its inclusion here reflects scientific, historical or mission relevance rather than completeness of the known population.