Impact produced comet's rubber duck shape: study
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015 - The characteristic "rubber duck" shape of the comet carrying a European robot probe through space was the result of a low-velocity impact billions of years ago between two objects which fused, a study said Monday. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's quirky double-lobed form left scientists scratching their heads ever since the ancient cosmic traveller first came into the Rosetta spacecraft's v ... more
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