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Notes to editors

OSIRIS is the Optical, Spectroscopic & Infrared Remote Imaging System. The principal investigator is Holger Sierks, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Lindau, Germany.

VIRTIS is the Visible, InfraRed and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer. The principal investigator is Fabrizio Capaccioni, INAF, Rome, Italy.

The Radio Science Investigation principal investigator is Martin Pätzold, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

'The Surface Composition and Temperature of Asteroid 21 Lutetia as observed by ROSETTA/VIRTIS' by A. Coradini, F. Capaccioni et al. is published in this week's issue of Science.

'Asteroid (21) Lutetia – Low Mass, High Density' by M. Pätzold et al. is published in this week's issue of Science.

'Images of Asteroid 21 Lutetia: A Remnant Planetesimal from the Early Solar System' by H. Sierks et al. is published in this week's issue of Science.
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Markus Bauer
ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Communication Officer
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Fabrizio Capaccioni
INAF, Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 331 6865567
Email: fabrizio.capaccioni@iasf-roma.inaf.it
Martin Pätzold
Universität zu Köln, Germany
Email: mpaetzol@uni-koeln.de
Holger Sierks
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Lindau, Germany
Tel: +49 5556 979 242
Email: sierks@mps.mpg.de
Rita Schulz
ESA Rosetta Project Scientist
Tel: +31-71-565-4821
Email: rschulz@rssd.esa.int