Rosetta’s Comet Nears Sun And Shoots Off Brightest Jet Photographed To Date
- 9 years ago
ESA recently shared images taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS camera on July 29th, showing Comet 67P’s brightest jet emission captured to date.
The comet being followed by the Rosetta probe is about to make its closest pass of the sun, known as perihelion, and it’s been acting up accordingly.
The European Space Agency recently shared images taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS camera on July 29th, showing Comet 67P's brightest jet emission captured to date.
Though such activity has been shown in the past, those images were intentionally overexposed to make the streams more visible.
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The comet being followed by the Rosetta probe is about to make its closest pass of the sun, known as perihelion, and it’s been acting up accordingly.
The European Space Agency recently shared images taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS camera on July 29th, showing Comet 67P's brightest jet emission captured to date.
Though such activity has been shown in the past, those images were intentionally overexposed to make the streams more visible.
In the case of this