Science and Exploration

Imhotep Mosaic

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
July 21, 2015
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Imhotep Mosaic
Imhotep Region of Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko
ESA

Mosaic of six OSIRIS narrow-angle camera images of the geologically diverse Imhotep region on Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko.

The mosaic comprises images taken on 3 August, 25 August and 5 September 2014 from distances of 272 km, 52 km and 43 km from the comet centre, respectively. As such, the image scale varies from 5 m/pixel to 0.8 m/pixel.

More about Imhotep: blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/07/20/inside-imhotep-2/

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Larger image

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