Publication Date:
2015-01-24
Description:
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.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉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, Bjorn -- De Cecco, Mariolino -- Debei, Stefano -- El-Maarry, Mohamed Ramy -- Ferri, Francesca -- Fornasier, Sonia -- Fulle, Marco -- Giacomini, Lorenza -- Groussin, Olivier -- Gutierrez, Pedro J -- Guttler, Carsten -- Hviid, Stubbe F -- Ip, Wing-Huen -- Jorda, Laurent -- Knollenberg, Jorg -- Kramm, J-Rainer -- Kuhrt, Ekkehard -- Kuppers, Michael -- La Forgia, Fiorangela -- Lara, Luisa M -- Lazzarin, Monica -- Lopez Moreno, Jose 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 -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2015 Jan 23;347(6220):aaa0440. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa0440.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Physikalisches Institut, Sidlerstrasse 5, University of Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. nicolas.thomas@space.unibe.ch. ; Max-Planck-Institut fur Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg, 3, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122 Padova, Italy. ; Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 7326, CNRS, and Aix Marseille Universite, 38 Rue Frederic Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille Cedex 13, France. ; International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, and Centro de Astrobiologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial, 28850 Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden, and Polish Academy of Sciences Space Research Center, Bartycka 18A, PL-00716 Warszawa, Poland. ; Scientific Support Office, European Space Agency, 2201, Noordwijk, Netherlands. ; Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany. Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut fur Planetenforschung, Asteroiden und Kometen, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany. ; Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USA. ; Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 7326, 38 rue Frederic Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille, France. ; Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Universite Paris 06, Universite Paris-Diderot, 5 Place J. Janssen, 92195, Meudon, France. ; Laboratoire Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, CNRS/UVSQ/IPSL, 11 Boulevard d'Alembert, 78280, Guyancourt, France. ; Centro di Ateneo di Studi ed Attivita Spaziali, "Giuseppe Colombo" (CISAS), University of Padova, Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy. ; CNR-IFN UOS Padova LUXOR, Via Trasea, 7, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden. ; UNITN, Universita di Trento, Via Mesiano, 77, 38100 Trento, Italy. ; Physikalisches Institut, Sidlerstrasse 5, University of Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. ; INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico, Via Tiepolo 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy. ; Dipartimento di Geoscienze, University of Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC), c/ Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain. ; Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut fur Planetenforschung, Asteroiden und Kometen, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany. Max-Planck-Institut fur Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg, 3, 37077, Gottingen, Germany. ; National Central University, Graduate Institute of Astronomy, 300 Chung-Da Road, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan. ; Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 38 Rue de Frederic Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille Cedex 13, France. ; Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut fur Planetenforschung, Asteroiden und Kometen, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany. ; Science Operations Department, European Space Astronomy Centre/European Space Agency, Post Office Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain. ; Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, USA. ; Dipartimento di Geoscienze, University of Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy. Centro di Ateneo di Studi ed Attivita Spaziali, "Giuseppe Colombo" (CISAS), University of Padova, Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Institut fur Datentechnik und Kommunikationsnetze der Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Hans-Sommer-Strasse 66, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. ; University of Padova, Department of Information Engineering, Via Gradenigo 6/B, 35131 Padova, Italy. CNR-IFN UOS Padova LUXOR, Via Trasea, 7, 35131 Padova, Italy. Centro di Ateneo di Studi ed Attivita Spaziali, "Giuseppe Colombo" (CISAS), University of Padova, Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padova, Italy. ; Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial, Carretera de Ajalvir, 28850 Torrejon de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain. ; Planetary and Space Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. Max-Planck-Institut fur Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg, 3, 37077, Gottingen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25613893" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
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