Comet_on_21_September_2015_NavCam

March 18, 2018

This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 21 September 2015 from a distance of 330 km from the comet centre. The image has a resolution of 28.1 m/pixel and measures 28.8 km across. It has been contrast enhanced to better reveal the nature of the comet’s activity.

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Paul Anthony Wilson

I am a Norwegian / British astronomer who working on the scientific preparation of the PLATO exoplanet mission. The PLATO space mission is designed to search for small, rocky exoplanets in the habitable zones of stars like the Sun.

I also work on a variety of astrophysical topics mainly focused on far-UV observations aimed at understanding the the formation environments of young planets. I am also very interested in work related to exoplanet atmospheres, radial velocity followup and exocomets.

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