Steins ۲۸۶۷ اشتاینس 2867 Šteins
Fr.: 2867 Šteins A small → main belt → asteroid
of size 5.9 x 4 km, discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh.
It was visited by the → Rosetta
space probe in 2008. Named after Karlis Šteins (1911-1983), a Latvian and Soviet astronomer. |