Cometary science. The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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 texture...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2015-01, Vol.347 (6220), p.aaa0440-aaa0440
Hauptverfasser:	Thomas, Nicolas, Sierks, Holger, Barbieri, Cesare, Lamy, Philippe L, Rodrigo, Rafael, Rickman, Hans, Koschny, Detlef, Keller, Horst Uwe, Agarwal, Jessica, A'Hearn, Michael F, Angrilli, Francesco, Auger, Anne-Therese, Barucci, M Antonella, Bertaux, Jean-Loup, Bertini, Ivano, Besse, Sebastien, Bodewits, Dennis, Cremonese, Gabriele, Da Deppo, Vania, Davidsson, Björn, De Cecco, Mariolino, Debei, Stefano, El-Maarry, Mohamed Ramy, Ferri, Francesca, Fornasier, Sonia, Fulle, Marco, Giacomini, Lorenza, Groussin, Olivier, Gutierrez, Pedro J, Güttler, Carsten, Hviid, Stubbe F, Ip, Wing-Huen, Jorda, Laurent, Knollenberg, Jörg, Kramm, J-Rainer, Kührt, Ekkehard, Küppers, Michael, La Forgia, Fiorangela, Lara, Luisa M, Lazzarin, Monica, Lopez Moreno, Josè J, Magrin, Sara, Marchi, Simone, Marzari, Francesco, Massironi, Matteo, Michalik, Harald, Moissl, Richard, Mottola, Stefano, Naletto, Giampiero, Oklay, Nilda, Pajola, Maurizio, Pommerol, Antoine, Preusker, Frank, Sabau, Lola, Scholten, Frank, Snodgrass, Colin, Tubiana, Cecilia, Vincent, Jean-Baptiste, Wenzel, Klaus-Peter
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.aaa0440