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Credit & Copyright: Science Office,
ESA
Explanation:
What would it be like to fly around a comet nucleus?
To find out, just wait for your
WebGL-compatible browser
to load a
detailed digital model of Comet 67P and then -- go exploring!
With a
standard mouse, the left button allows you to rotate the comet, the right button
allows you to move
the comet around,
and the scroll wheel allows you to zoom in.
ESA's robotic
Rosetta spacecraft orbited
Comet C67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko
from mid-2014 until last Friday, when, after a remarkable and successful
mission,
it was
intentionally set down on the
surface and powered down.
Among many notable
scientific achievements,
Rosetta
allowed humanity to better understand where
comet
jets form on comets as they
near the Sun.
Transparent Science:
Browse 1,350+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- APOD: 2024 April 17 Á Total Eclipse and Comets
- APOD: 2024 April 8 Á The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons Brooks
- Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
- APOD: 2024 March 18 Á Comet Pons Brooks Swirling Coma
- Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring
- Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons Brooks
- The Snows of Churyumov Gerasimenko