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Comet changes: surface textures in Ma'at

Comet changes: surface textures in Ma'at


Date: 20 March 2017
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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A smooth area in the Ma'at region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's small lobe was observed to become rougher in texture prior to perihelion in August 2015, creating the honeycomb-like structures indicated. Months after perihelion these features have disappeared, presumably due to the deposition of new material that was likely ejected from the active southern hemisphere.

The images were taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS camera on 20 September 2014 (left), 28 March 2015 (middle) and 14 March 2016 (right), with resolutions of 0.5 m/pixel, 0.3 m/pixel and 0.3 m/pixel, respectively.

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

Last Update: 1 September 2019
29-Mar-2024 05:13 UT

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