Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 25, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Summer fireworks on Rosetta’s comet Quote 23 September 2016 Brief but powerful outbursts seen from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko during its most active period last year have been traced back to their origins on the surface. In the three months centred around the comet’s closest approach to the Sun, on 13 August 2015, Rosetta’s cameras captured 34 outbursts. These violent events were over and above regular jets and flows of material seen streaming from the comet’s nucleus. The latter switch on and off with clockwork repeatability from one comet rotation to the next, synchronised with the rise and fall of the Sun’s illumination. Read More: ESA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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