Regional surface morphology of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta/OSIRIS images: The southern hemisphere
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Aims. The OSIRIS camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft has been acquiring images of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P)’s nucleus since August 2014. Starting in May 2015, the southern hemisphere gradually became illuminated and was imaged for the first time. Here we present the regional morphology of the southern hemisphere, which serves as a companion to an earlier paper that presented the regional morphology of the northern hemisphere.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: M. R. El-Maarry, N. Thomas, A. Gracia-Berná, M. Pajola, J.-C. Lee, M. Massironi, B. Davidsson, S. Marchi, H. U. Keller, S. F. Hviid, S. Besse, H. Sierks, C. Barbieri, P. L. Lamy, D. Koschny, H. Rickman, R. Rodrigo, M. F. A’Hearn, A.-T. Auger, M. A. Barucci, J.-L. Bertaux, I. Bertini, D. Bodewits, G. Cremonese, V. Da Deppo, M. De Cecco, S. Debei, C. Güttler, S. Fornasier, M. Fulle, L. Giacomini, O. Groussin, P. J. Gutierrez, W.-H. Ip, L. Jorda, J. Knollenberg, G. Kovacs, J.-R. Kramm, E. Kührt, M. Küppers, L. M. Lara, M. Lazzarin, J. J. Lopez Moreno, R. Marschall, F. Marzari, G. Naletto, N. Oklay, A. Pommerol, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, C. Tubiana, J.-B. Vincent
Institutions: University of Bern, University of Padua, National Central University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), European Space Agency, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, National Institute for Astrophysics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Uppsala University, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Astrobiología, International Space Science Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique, Université Paris Diderot, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales, University of Trento, Trieste Astronomical Observatory, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, European Space Astronomy Centre
Language: English
Topic: Astro and Planetary Science
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2422019148