Wednesday 6 August 2014

Rosetta's Comet: Imaging the Coma

IRON AND ICE
Rosetta's Comet: Imaging the Coma
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2014 - Less than a week before Rosetta's rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, images obtained by OSIRIS, the spacecraft's onboard scientific imaging system, show clear signs of a coma surrounding the comet's nucleus. A new image from July 25, 2014, clearly reveals an extended coma shrouding 67P's nucleus. "Our coma images cover an area of 150 by 150 square kilometers (90 by 90 s ... more


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