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Comet 67P/C-G from 8 km

Date: 22 January 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Copyright: See below

A section of the smaller of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's two lobes as seen through Rosetta's narrow-angle camera from a distance of about 8 km to the surface on 14 October 2014. The resolution is 15 cm/pixel. The image is featured on the cover of 23 January 2015 issue of the journal Science.

Last Update: 22 January 2015

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See Also

  • Getting to know Rosetta's comet (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=55295)