2867 Šteins, is an E-type asteroid located in the inner main asteroid belt (MAB).  It was discovered on 4 November 1969, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij on the Crimean peninsula.  It has dimensions 6.83 km × 5.70 km × 4.42 km, a 6.049 hr rotation period, and an orbit semi-major axis distance of 2.3633 AU.  On 5 September 2008, the Rosetta spacecraft flew by 2867 Šteins at a distance of about 800 km and a relative speed of 8.6 km/s.

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