MIDAS dust particle D from comet 67P/C-G
Date: 31 August 2016
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Atomic force microscope topographic images of a dust particle from comet 67P/C-G
Copyright: ESA/Rosetta/IWF for the MIDAS team IWF/ESA/LATMOS/Universiteit Leiden/Universität Wien
Atomic force microscope topographic images of MIDAS compact particle D. (a) Overview image with a pixel resolution of 80 nm and a colour scale representing height. (b) Sub-units (grains) of the particle detected at the resolution of the instrument are outlined. (c) 3D image of the particle with two times height exaggeration to aid visualisation.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
