Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Comet gets a remodel during perihelion

Several sites of cliff collapse on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko were identified during Rosetta’s mission.

The ESA's Rosetta comet orbiter may have been laid to rest, but the information returned by the unmanned deep space probe continues to pay scientific dividends. Images taken by Rosetta's cameras as Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko passed closest to the Sun in 2015 show that the surface of the comet underwent dramatic changes as the terrain was resculpted by landslides and avalanches, revealing the pristine interior of the space rock's body.

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