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Icy alcove


Date: 21 January 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Local bright spots, less than 10 m across (labelled) and seen in an alcove in the Hathor region are compositionally distinct from the surrounding terrain. The image was taken by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 7 August 2014.

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

Last Update: 1 September 2019
10-Feb-2026 00:27 UT

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