The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Thomas, N. and Sierks, H. and Barbieri, C. and Lamy, P.L. and Rodrigo, R. and Rickman, H. and Koschny, D. and Keller, H.U. and Agarwal, J. and A'Hearn, M.F. and Angrilli, F. and Auger, A.-T. and Barucci, M.A. and Bertaux, J.-L. and Bertini, I. and Besse, S. and Bodewits, D. and Cremonese, G. and Da Deppo, V. and Davidsson, B. and De Cecco, M. and Debei, S. and El-Maarry, Mohamed Ramy and Ferri, F. and Fornasier, S. and Fulle, M. and Giacomini, L. and Groussin, O. and Gutierrez, P.J. and Guttler, C. and Hviid, S.F. and Ip, W.-H. and Jorda, L. and Knollenberg, J. and Kramm, J.- R. and Kuhrt, E. and Kuppers, M. and La Forgia, F. and Lara, L.M. and Lazzarin, M. and Moreno, J.J.L. and Magrin, S. and Marchi, S. and Marzari, F. and Massironi, M. and Michalik, H. and Moissl, R. and Mottola, S. and Naletto, G. and Oklay, N. and Pajola, M. and Pommerol, A. and Preusker, F. and Sabau, L. and Scholten, F. and Snodgrass, C. and Tubiana, C. and Vincent, J.-B. and Wenzel, K.-P. (2015) The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Science 347 (6220), aaa0440-aaa0440. ISSN 0036-8075.
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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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2018 13:28 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/25375 |
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