The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Science2015Vol. 347(6220), pp. aaa0440–aaa0440
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N. Thomas, H. Sierks, C. Barbieri, P. Lamy, R. Rodrigo, H. Rickman, D. Koschny, H. U. Keller, Jessica Agarwal, Michael F. A’Hearn, F. Angrilli, A.-T. Auger, Maria Antonella Barucci, Jean‐Loup Bertaux, Ivano Bertini, S. Besse, Dennis Bodewits, G. Cremonese, Vania Da Deppo, B. Davidsson, M. De Cecco, S. Debei, M. R. El‐Maarry, F. Ferri, S. Fornasier, M. Fulle, Lorenza Giacomini, O. Groussin, P. J. Gutiérrez, C. Güttler, S. F. Hviid, Wing‐Huen Ip, L. Jordá, J. Knollenberg, J.-R. Kramm, E. Kührt, M. Küppers, Fiorangela La Forgia, L. M. Lara, M. Lazzarin, J. J. López‐Moreno, Sara Magrin, S. Marchi, F. Marzari, Matteo Massironi, H. Michalik, Richard Moissl, S. Mottola, G. Naletto, N. Oklay, M. Pajola, A. Pommerol, Frank Preusker, L. Sabau, F. Scholten, C. Snodgrass, C. Tubiana, Jean‐Baptiste Vincent, Klaus-Peter Wenzel
Abstract
Images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko acquired by the OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System) imaging system onboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft at scales of better than 0.8 meter per pixel show a wide variety of different structures and textures. The data show the importance of airfall, surface dust transport, mass wasting, and insolation weathering for cometary surface evolution, and they offer some support for subsurface fluidization models and mass loss through the ejection of large chunks of material.
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