http://bit.ly/1zfNXza Europe's Rosetta spacecraft recently beamed back an amazing photo of its comet taken during a risky, close flyby of the dusty cosmic body. Rosetta's flyby took it from the shady side of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko towards sunlight, putting the sun directly behind the spacecraft and showing scientists how reflective the comet's surface was. The image, taken when the Rosetta spacecraft was 9.5 miles (15.3 kilometers) from Comet 67P/C-G's surface puts the celestial body's dusty, craggy face on display. "The data acquired during Rosetta's close flyby will provide incredible new details of the comet's surface and near-coma environment, complementing that collected earlier in the mission while on bound orbits," European Space Agency officials said in a blog about the close flyby. http://yhoo.it/1wMkFeH
Rosetta Probe Snaps Awesome Comet Photo In Recent Close Encounter
http://bit.ly/1zfNXza Europe's Rosetta spacecraft recently beamed back an amazing photo of its comet taken during a risky, close flyby of the dusty cosmic body. Rosetta's flyby took it from the shady side of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko towards sunlight, putting the sun directly behind the spacecraft and showing scientists how reflective the comet's surface was. The image, taken when the Rosetta spacecraft was 9.5 miles (15.3 kilometers) from Comet 67P/C-G's surface puts the celestial body's dusty, craggy face on display. "The data acquired during Rosetta's close flyby will provide incredible new details of the comet's surface and near-coma environment, complementing that collected earlier in the mission while on bound orbits," European Space Agency officials said in a blog about the close flyby. http://yhoo.it/1wMkFeH
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