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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko nucleus seen by Rosetta

author: ESA/ROSETTA/Novapix

reference: a-com10-00021

Image Size 300 DPI: 67 * 33 cm

This spectacular montage of 18 images shows off the comet’s activity from many different angles as seen between 31 January (top left) and 25 March (bottom right), when the spacecraft was at distances of about 30 to 100 km from the comet. At the same time, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was at distances between 363 million and 300 million km from the Sun.

Keywords for this photo:

2015 - 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO - ASTRONOMY - COMET - NUCLEUS - POSTER - ROSETTA -