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 …
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 …
ESA - Getting to know Rosetta’s comet - European Space Agency
2015年1月22日 · The familiar shape of the dual-lobed comet has now had many of its vital statistics measured: the small lobe measures 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.8 km and the large lobe 4.1 × 3.3 × …
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 - European Space Agency
ESA's Rosetta mission was the first to rendezvous with a comet, the first to follow a comet on its orbit around the Sun, and the first to deploy a lander to a comet's surface. Comets are time …
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 …
Final Descent Images from Rosetta Spacecraft
2016年9月30日 · The final descent gave Rosetta the opportunity to study the comet's gas, dust and plasma environment very close to its surface, as well as take very high-resolution images. …
View Rosetta’s comet - European Space Agency
This interactive tool allows you to view Rosetta’s target comet (67P/C-G) from all angles. You can zoom in and out, pan across, and rotate the comet to explore its surface as seen by Rosetta’s …
As Seen by Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations
2014年8月15日 · A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus. It was taken by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS …
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. Now its lander, Philae, …