67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko - Wikipedia
WEB67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet. [10] It is originally from the Kuiper belt [11] and has an orbital period of 6.45 years as of 2012, [1] a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours, [9] and a maximum velocity of 135,000 km/h (38 km/s; 84,000 mph). [12]
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - NASA Science
WEBJan 31, 2015 · Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was discovered on Oct. 22, 1969, at the Alma-Ata Observatory in Russia. Klim Ivanovic Churyumov found an image of the comet while examining a photographic plate of another comet (32P/Comas Solá) taken by Svetlana Ivanova Gerasimenko on Sept. 11, 1969. Overview.
ESA - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - European Space …
WEBESA's Rosetta mission chased down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for ten years. The comet is a regular visitor to the inner Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 6.5 years between the orbits of Jupiter and Earth.
Heads up! Famous comet 67P/C-G nearly closest - EarthSky
WEBOct 26, 2021 · 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is an ordinary comet, with a close orbit around the sun. Soviet astronomers Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko discovered it on October 22,...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - TheSkyLive
WEBJan 1, 2013 · Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Position Calculator. Compute the position of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for any date and time between 1 January 2013 and 30 December 2100 and visualize the results on an interactive sky map.
Rosetta’s comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds its dusty
WEBNov 17, 2016 · The Rosetta spacecraft has investigated comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from large heliocentric distances to its perihelion passage and beyond. We trace the seasonal and diurnal evolution of the colors of the 67P nucleus, finding changes driven by sublimation and recondensation of water ice.
The Many Faces of Rosetta's Comet 67P
WEBMar 21, 2017 · A 100 foot-wide (30 meter), 28-million-pound (12.8-million-kilogram) boulder, was found to have moved 460 feet (140 meters) on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in the lead up to perihelion in August 2015, when the comet's activity was at its highest.
Far-ultraviolet aurora identified at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...
WEBSep 21, 2020 · We establish that the atomic emissions detected from Rosetta around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at large heliocentric distances result from the dissociative excitation of cometary...
ESA Science & Technology - Rosetta's target: comet 67P/Churyumov …
WEBSep 1, 2019 · The favoured target for Rosetta was the periodic comet 46P/Wirtanen, but, after the launch was delayed, another regular visitor to the inner Solar System, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, was selected as a suitable replacement.
Surface changes on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko …
WEBMar 21, 2017 · The Rosetta spacecraft spent ~2 years orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, most of it at distances that allowed surface characterization and monitoring at submeter scales. From December 2014 to June 2016, numerous localized changes were observed, which we attribute to cometary-specific …
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