# Steins

*In the Solar System*

A small bright asteroid cut like a gemstone - the shape is real, and ESA said so at the time - photographed by Rosetta in September 2008 on the first of its two asteroid passes. It is here for the visit. The crater at its south pole is nearly half the width of the whole body, which for something this size is close to the limit of what it could survive.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Radius | 3 km |
| Around the equator | 17 km |
| From the Sun | 334,322,915 km (-241,300 km/d) |
| From the Earth | 416,099,202 km (+1,060,098 km/d) |
| A signal takes | 23 min |

Distances and speed are computed from JPL Horizons trajectories and are true of 2026-09-05, changing at the rate given beside each. The interpolation itself is good to a few kilometres; what ages these figures is the date, not the arithmetic.

## Elsewhere

- On the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/?world=solar-system&focus=steins
- This object as a page: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/steins/
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt