Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The collision that created 67P Churyumov–Gerasimenko


The GIF is a short out-take of ESA's newest Rosetta update which covers the most recent science news from the Rosetta mission, as well as selected scientific highlights from the last year.

It includes the comet’s unusual surface terrace structure, its formation from two colliding objects producing the unusual rubber duck shape, how water is transported from inside the comet towards the surface, and the surprising detection of molecular oxygen - familiar on Earth but not on a comet.


Watch & learn:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/11/Rosetta_Philae_landing_one_year

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