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January 22, 2015

Getting to know Rosetta's comet
Paris (ESA) Jan 23, 2015
Rosetta is revealing its host comet as having a remarkable array of surface features and with many processes contributing to its activity, painting a complex picture of its evolution. In a special edition of the journal Science, initial results are presented from seven of Rosetta's 11 science instruments based on measurements made during the approach to and soon after arriving at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014. The familiar shape of the dual-lobed comet has now had many of its vita ... read more

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