Illustration of shadow sizes

Date: 02 March 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
Copyright: See below
This picture illustrates how a sharp shadow is cast by a point source (left), and a fuzzy shadow by a diffuse source (right).
Credits: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab. Comet background: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Last Update: 1 September 2019