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posted by janrinok on Saturday January 24 2015, @09:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the pics-in-space! dept.

ESA has published some details of the now famous comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the target object of the Rosetta mission and resting place of the lander Philae.

The richly illustrated article (sorry, no artist impressions, only photographs and a chart) contains — amongst other things — information about the measured density, a map of the 19 regions identified so far (all named after Egyptian deities) and ...

Some very steep regions of the exposed cliff faces [that] are textured on scales of roughly 3 m with features that have been nicknamed ‘goosebumps’. Their origin is yet to be explained, but their characteristic size may yield clues as to the processes at work when the comet formed.

These are among the very first scientific results from Rosetta and there is much more to come as the scientists work through the data and as the comet continues to evolve during its closest approach to the Sun. They are described in more detail in accompanying posts on the Rosetta blog and in the 23 January 2015 Science [paywalled] special edition

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  • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday January 24 2015, @04:10PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Saturday January 24 2015, @04:10PM (#137629) Journal

    And a guide to correct pronunciation, spaceebo!

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  • (Score: 1) by Anonoob on Saturday January 24 2015, @10:34PM

    by Anonoob (335) on Saturday January 24 2015, @10:34PM (#137707)

    I stopped buying astro magazines because of the prevalence of artists impressions. personally have never gained anything by what someone thinks something looks like. actual pictures or data/plots of far more inspiring.