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    Comet 67P/C-G on 1 June 2016 - OSIRIS WAC

    Date: 02 June 2016
    Satellite: Rosetta
    Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
    Copyright: See below

    OSIRIS wide-angle camera (WAC) image taken on 1 June 2016, when Rosetta was 8.4 km from the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The scale is 79 cm/pixel.

    More details via the OSIRIS Image of the Day website.

    More images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko can be found in the '67P - by Rosetta' collection.

    Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA


    Last Update: 03 June 2016

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