#CometWatch 28 April
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/05/08/cometwatch-28-april
Today’s CometWatch entry is a single frame #navcam image obtained on 28 April, from a distance of 151 km from the centre of #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. At this distance, the resolution is 13 m/pixel; the image has been cropped to 11 km (the original frame, provided at the end of the post, measures 13 km across). With the large lobe of the #comet in the foreground and the small lobe in the background, this image provides another interesting view on the smooth area on the large lobe that was featured prominently in CometWatch 26 April. In today’s image, this portion of the comet, consisting of parts of the Aker and Khepry regions, appears as a bright, slab-like feature pointing upwards. Behind it, on the small lobe, are parts of the rougher Bastet region. The image has been processed (...)