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Rosetta shows how comet interacts with the solar wind

Details: Published on 29 July 2015

Rosetta shows how comet interacts with the solar wind

ESA press release

© Modelling and simulation: Technische Universität Braunschweig and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; Visualisation: Zuse-Institut Berlin

Based on the articles:

"Evolution of the ion environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Observations between 3.6 and 2.0 AU",
by H. Nilsson et al.
To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015

"Rosetta observations of solar wind interaction with the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko",
by T.W. Broiles et al.
To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015

"Solar wind sputtering of dust on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko",
by P. Wurz et al.
To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015