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Figure 1: Visible spectra of 2867 Steins, target of the Rosetta mission, and of the NEA 3103 Eger. |
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Figure 2: Orbital evolution of two Steins clones injected into Earth-crossing orbits. One clone drifts outwards and enters the 3:1 MMR, while the other drifts inwards encountering the 7:2 MMR. Both the bodies, once in resonance, evolve rapidly into an Earth-crossing orbit. |
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