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2867 Šteins is a small main-belt asteroid that was discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh. It is named after Kārlis Šteins a Latvian and Soviet astronomer. Šteins was visited by the Rosetta space probe in 2008.

average speed (km/s)
69372.0
mean radius (km)
2650.0
temperature (K)
181.0
absolute magnitude
12.9
albedo
0.34
discovery date
1969-11-04
discoverer
Nikolai Chernykh
epoch
February 4 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
former name
1969VC

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