Colour image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta. This comet is around 3.5 by 4 kilometres. This image shows both lobes of the comet. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was launched in March 2004 on a 10 year mission to reach this comet. It entered orbit on 6 August 2014 at a point in the comet's orbit beyond the orbit of Mars. The first mission designed to land on a comet,it is carrying instruments and a lander to map and study the comet's surface and core. Image obtained on 6 August 2014 from 120 kilometres from the comet's centre using the red,green and blue filters of Rosetta's OSIRIS instrument | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / IDA / DASP / UPM / INTA / SSO / IAA / LAM / UPD / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / Rosetta / ESA |
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