Tag: Comets

  • The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changing

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    This sequence of ten images showing changes in the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/Chruymov-Gerasimenko were taken with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on Rosetta between May 24 and July 11, 2015. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Views from Europe’s Rosetta comet orbiter show mysterious markings appearing on the nucleus of Comet 67P in recent months,…

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    This sequence of ten images showing changes in the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/Chruymov-Gerasimenko were taken with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on Rosetta between May 24 and July 11, 2015. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Views from Europe’s Rosetta comet orbiter show mysterious markings appearing on the nucleus of Comet 67P in recent months,…

  • Rosetta gets ringside seat to smelly comet outburst

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    A short-lived outburst from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on July 29. Each image was taken 18 minutes apart, showing no activity, a sudden eruption, and then a faint trace of the jet. Rosetta was flying 186 kilometers (115 miles) from the comet at the time of the outburst. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS…