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Exploring Imhotep


Date: 21 January 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Part of the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's large lobe; the image was taken by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 5 September 2014. The region shows a wide range of complex terrain: smooth terrain (A), layering of this material at its margin (B), smooth material on topographically higher surfaces (C), circular structures (D), and layered consolidated material (E) rising towards a 650 m-diameter raised semicircular structure (G). Fracturing of the consolidated material is evident throughout (e.g. F).

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

Last Update: 1 September 2019
6-Mar-2026 15:00 UT

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