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COSIMA target plate with dust grains from comet 67P/C-G


Date: 16 April 2015
Satellite: Rosetta
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One of the target plates from Rosetta's COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA), showing dust grains from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, collected between 11 August and 12 December 2014. The target plate measures 1cm across. Some of the particles are named by the COSIMA team.

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for COSIMA Team MPS/CSNSM/UNIBW/TUORLA/IWF/IAS/ESA/BUW/MPE/LPC2E/LCM/FMI/UTU/LISA/UOFC/vH&S

Last Update: 1 September 2019
18-Feb-2026 20:59 UT

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