This image shows comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko moving against the
background star field. Images were taken by the Optical, Spectroscopic, and
Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera aboard the European Space
Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, between March 24 and May 4, 2014, as the spacecraft
closed the distance between itself and the comet from around 3.1 million miles
(5 million kilometers) to 1.2 million miles (2 million kilometers). The comet is
seen to develop a dust coma as the sequence progresses, with the evolving coma
reaching approximately 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) into space.
May 16, 2014
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
This image shows comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko moving against the
background star field. Images were taken by the Optical, Spectroscopic, and
Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera aboard the European Space
Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, between March 24 and May 4, 2014, as the spacecraft
closed the distance between itself and the comet from around 3.1 million miles
(5 million kilometers) to 1.2 million miles (2 million kilometers). The comet is
seen to develop a dust coma as the sequence progresses, with the evolving coma
reaching approximately 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) into space.
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