Flow on the surface

Date: 21 January 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Copyright: See below
This image, capture on 19 September 2014, provides evidence of material flowing out from a pit in the Maftet region of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The observation supports the concept of subsurface fluidisation mechanisms.
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
Last Update: 1 September 2019