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Flow on the surface


Date: 21 January 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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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
7-Mar-2026 09:42 UT

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