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Comet activity, 21 June

Posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Comet activity, 21 June
Image credit: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

Uploader comment: This image was obtained with Rosetta’s navigation camera on 21 June 2015, when the spacecraft was 177 km from the comet centre. Parts of the nucleus are lit by sunlight, revealing the variety of terrains that are found on this curious object.


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