Rosetta Captures A Stunning Backlit View Of Comet 67P
- 8 years ago
The European Space Agency just released a masterfully backlit image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The European Space Agency just released a remarkable image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The image taken on March 27 shows the comet at a distance of just over 204 miles away from Rosetta.
The spacecraft had been on a mission to study the comet's coma, tail and plasma environment when the picture was taken.
According to the space agency, "In this configuration, the nucleus appears backlit, with only a few portions of the illuminated surface visible from this view – in the upper and upper right part of the nucleus."
The current image is a bit of a
The European Space Agency just released a remarkable image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The image taken on March 27 shows the comet at a distance of just over 204 miles away from Rosetta.
The spacecraft had been on a mission to study the comet's coma, tail and plasma environment when the picture was taken.
According to the space agency, "In this configuration, the nucleus appears backlit, with only a few portions of the illuminated surface visible from this view – in the upper and upper right part of the nucleus."
The current image is a bit of a