Thursday, March 5, 2015

How is divided the comet 67P

Rosetta orbits around the comet 67P also called Churyumov-Gerasimenko due to the astronomers Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanova Gerasimenko. This comet have a shape which looks like two spheres, one bigger than the other, and a link between them. The ESA had separated this comet into 19 different regions as is shown in the photo below. This regions where named using the names of different gods of the ancient Egypt, this is because the Rosetta stone most important use was to make us able to understand the hieroglyphs that were used in the times of pharaohs.

Map of comet 67P divided in 19 regions
© European space agency

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