It doesn't look anything like the ESA artist's images!

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Socrates II — 9/6/2008 12:59:06 PM (archived)

What gives? Is there some kind of coverup going on here?

How could they have been so wrong?!

Maybe it is really a giant diamond and some South African merchants want it for
themselves. Or maybe the diamond industry is in a panic about the sudden drop
in diamond prices now that a giant one has been found in space.

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Rosetta made it past Stein ok. - alcaray - 9/5/2008 9:53:17 PM
- Finally!.... ROSETTA has started to do "real' science. - Jacob - 9/6/2008 6:28:17 PM
- Asteroids at the same scale - Raoul - 9/6/2008 3:55:00 PM
  - Thanks for that one Raoul - adam - 9/9/2008 12:18:11 AM
  - Comet nuclei are asteroids???????? - Jacob - 9/6/2008 6:30:56 PM
    - To be clear... - alcaray - 9/6/2008 7:05:40 PM
      - The definitions do indeed blur sometimes. - Jacob - 9/6/2008 7:31:50 PM
- asteroid images here - Jim O - 9/6/2008 11:49:07 AM
  - re: asteroid images here - Raoul - 9/6/2008 12:16:22 PM
    - ESA Rosetta : - Raoul - 9/6/2008 12:28:20 PM
      - It doesn't look anything like the ESA artist's images! - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 12:59:06 PM
        
        They always look like something recognizable because it's our brain and our culture ! - Raoul - 9/6/2008 1:40:33 PM
- re:Live press conference - Raoul - 9/6/2008 10:06:11 AM
  - Like a Diamant!!! (a gem) With a huge crater on the top! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/6/2008 10:53:08 AM
    - This space rock should be renamed Lucy - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 5:32:46 PM
      - LSD..not for me! :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/7/2008 12:01:20 AM
- Woops, by "momentarily" I meant 12 hours from now, of course. - alcaray - 9/5/2008 10:02:12 PM

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