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Bookmark or Share- 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - NASA ScienceComet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko made history as the first comet to be orbited and landed upon by robotic spacecraft from Earth. The Rosetta spacecraft, carrying the Philae lander, rendezvoused with this comet in August 2014, and escorted it on its journey to the inner solar system and back out again.
- ‘Rosetta’s shock discovery’: NASA finds Earth-like water on comet 67P ...NASA's new analysis of Rosetta data shows Comet 67P’s water is more Earth-like than previously thought, reshaping theories on comets' role in delivering water to Earth.
- 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko - Wikipedia67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet. [10] It is originally from the Kuiper belt [11] and has an orbital period of 6.45 years as of 2012, [1] a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours, [9] and a maximum velocity of 135,000 km/h (38 km/s; 84,000 mph). [12]
- Heads up! Famous comet 67P/C-G nearly closest - EarthSkyComet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is gearing up for its closest approach to Earth on November 11 and 12, 2021. On October 26, the waning gibbous moon and the comet are in virtually the same...
- NASA's Kepler Gets the 'Big Picture' of Comet 67P - NASAFrom Sept. 7 through Sept. 20, the Kepler spacecraft, operating in its K2 mission, fixed its gaze on comet 67P. From the distant vantage point of Kepler, the spacecraft could observe the comet’s core and tail.
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