Science and Exploration

Activity on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Increases

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

February 9, 2015

Filed under Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Comets, ESA, Rosetta

Activity on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Increases — Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

ESA

This four-image mosaic comprises images taken from a distance of 28.0 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 31 January.
The image resolution is 2.4 m/pixel and the individual 1024 x 1024 frames measure 2.4 km across. The mosaic measures 4.6 x 4.3 km.

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Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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