CometWatch 19 May
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2016/05/27/cometwatch-19-may
This week’s CometWatch entry is an image of #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken with #Rosetta's #navcam on 19 May 2016, when the spacecraft was 7.6 km from the centre of the #comet nucleus and about 5.6 km from the surface. This close-up view shows a portion of the comet’s southern hemisphere, on the large lobe, around the Bes region. The image reveals the diverse appearance of the surface on this portion of the nucleus, with rugged and smooth patches, several cross-cutting fracture lines and a multitude of #boulders of various sizes. Also released this week was an impressive view captured by #rosetta's #osiris wide-angle camera of the nearby #Imhotep region, also on the large comet lobe. The image, taken only 7 km from the nucleus centre (about 5 km from the surface) on 25 May, is (...)
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