Eros Asteroid and comet news semi-new and old

Photos, news and information about asteroids and comets are still of interest. Here's more of the latest, semi new and old news that is still good.

Asteroid's mystery 'blue ponds'
The Eros asteroid continues to excite scientists
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1565564.stm

Tuesday, 25 September, 2001, 17:43 GMT 18:43 UK 'Stupendous' comet pictures revealed
The images are of a far better quality than was expected
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
The Deep Space 1 (DS1) probe has returned the best images yet taken of the nucleus of a comet.
I's mind-boggling and stupendous
Astronomers are already saying that the pictures of the 10-kilometre- (6-mile-) wide core of Comet Borrelly will revolutionise our understanding of these frozen wanderers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1563427.stm


Giotto and comet Halley in 1986
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/giotto.html