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Credit: Dr. Benoit Carry (Paris Observatory)/Dr. Jack Drummond (Starfire Optical Range)
Caption
Shape model of asteroid (21) Lutetia developed from adaptive optics images and lightcurves. The "depressions" or flat spots labeled 1, 2, and 3 are predictions of such flat spots prior to the flyby.