Dust particle from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko collected by the Rosetta spacecraft on 11 August 2014. This collection of particles (named sigrid) is defined as a glued cluster,as the particles are relatively well defined with an overall complex structure that includes sub-components that appear to be linked by a fine-grained matrix. This gives the appearance of a smooth surface texture. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was launched in March 2004 on a 10 year mission to reach this comet. It entered orbit on 6 August 2014 at a point in the comet's orbit beyond the orbit of Mars. The first mission designed to land on a comet,it is carrying instruments and a lander to map and study the comet's surface and core. Particles imaged under Rosetta's COSIMA (cometary secondary ion mass analyser) instrument microscope (COSISCOPE) | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Langevin et al (2016) / vH&S / UOFC / LISA / UTU / FMI / LCM / LPC2E / MPE / BUW / ESA / IAS / IWF / TUORLA / UNIBW / CSNSM / MPS for COSIMA Team MPS / Rosetta / ESA |
Taille de l’image : | 1025 px × 1025 px |
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