Surface evolution of the Anhur region on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from high-resolution OSIRIS images★doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834824comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkomethods: data analysismethods: observationaltechniques: photometric...
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have attributed the sudden movement of a boulder on the surface of a comet to a phenomenon known as the "rocket effect," which resulted from the asymmetric outburst of volatile ice inside the boulder. The findings, published in The Astrophysic...
first photograph taken on a comet's surfaceThe surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a photograph taken by the European Space Agency's Philae lander on November 12, 2014. Philae was carried to the comet by the Rosetta spacecraft.(more) Rosetta, European Space Agency spacecraft that...
On Nov. 12, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft and Philae lander made history. The lander successfully made it to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Scientists confirmed the landing at a little bit after 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT).See the latest landing photos! Main...
Human kind did something incredible yesterday: we landed something on the surface of a comet. After a 10 year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko,
Here, we study the emergence of dust activity at sunrise on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko using high-resolution, stereo images from the OSIRIS camera onboard the Rosetta spacecraft, where the sources and formation of the jet-like features are resolved. We perform numerical simulations to ...
The sequence, based on seven near-surface images taken by the ROLIS camera during descent, smooths out the "gaps" between pictures for aseamless, vivid video. The European Space Agency put together the video to celebrate the one-year anniversary of choosing Philae's prime landing site. After...
In 2014 the Rosetta spacecraft began orbiting 67P and successfully landed the probe "Philae" on its surface.For more information on Rosetta and the Philae lander- including the full flight path and current position, visit our Rosetta Flight Path page....
The code used to retrieve surface temperature values from VIRTIS-M infrared data is a direct implementation of a published method7. The code used to derive synthetic thermal images of the nucleus of comet 67P is a direct implementation of published models18,44,45,46,51. The code used to ...
return, a peak brightness of 9th magnitude was reached. 67P was famously the target of the ESA Rosetta/Philae mission, the only spacecraft to have orbited and landed on a comet. This will be 67P’s first return since Rosetta ended its mission by soft landing onto the comet’s surface....