Rosetta's mission is coming to an end - 06/01/15 08:10 AM
Here is a photo of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, known familiarly as Comet C-G.
It was taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on May 20 at a distance of just over 100 miles away. Rosetta has been closer than that to the comet, but the really interesting thing about this picture is that we can see that C-G is getting more active. The activity will intensify as it gets ever closer to the Sun. The closest approach will be in August.
It was taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on May 20 at a distance of just over 100 miles away. Rosetta has been closer than that to the comet, but the really interesting thing about this picture is that we can see that C-G is getting more active. The activity will intensify as it gets ever closer to the Sun. The closest approach will be in August.