Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko


Close-up detail of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera about 16 km from the comet's nucleus during the spacecraft's final descent on September 30, 2016. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft first rendezvoused with comet 67P in August of 2014.


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