This Footage From the Surface of a Comet is Breathtaking
2019年9月1日 · Comets are collections of ice and dust, loosely held together. As the sun's warmth warms a comet's surface, the comet comes alive. Material sheds off its surface. It …
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko - Wikipedia
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet. [ 10 ] . It is originally from the Kuiper belt [ 11 ] and has an orbital period of 6.45 years as of 2012, [ 1 ] …
ESA - Rosetta image archive complete - European Space Agency
2016年9月2日 · All high-resolution images and the underpinning data from Rosetta’s pioneering mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko are now available in ESA’s archives, with the …
Incredible New Photos Taken From the Surface of a Comet
2014年11月13日 · The spacecraft’s images of comet 67P/Guryumov-Gerasimenko’s surface reveal a rugged environment, covered with jagged rock and sharp cliffs.
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - NASA Science
2015年1月31日 · The mission ended with the spacecraft's controlled impact on the comet's surface on Sept. 30, 2016. Churyumov-Gerasimenko loops around the Sun in an orbit that …
Final Descent Images from Rosetta Spacecraft
2016年9月30日 · The final image was taken from an altitude of 66 feet (20 meters) above the comet's surface by the spacecraft's OSIRIS wide-angle camera on Sept. 30. The initial report …
Comet Surface Variations - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
2014年8月14日 · Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the epoch when the sun and its planets formed. Rosetta's lander will obtain the first images taken from a …
ESA - Science on the surface of a comet - European Space Agency
2015年7月31日 · Brightness variations of comet surface . Over a kilometre away at Abydos, not only did the images taken by CIVA’s seven microcameras reveal details in the surrounding …
ESA - Getting to know Rosetta’s comet - European Space Agency
2015年1月22日 · Rosetta is revealing its host comet as having a remarkable array of surface features and with many processes contributing to its activity, painting a complex picture of its …
Highest Resolution Comet Picture Ever Reveals Rugged Terrain
2001年11月4日 · In this highest resolution view of the icy, rocky nucleus of comet Borrelly, (about 45 meters or 150 feet per pixel) a variety of terrains and surface textures, mountains and fault …