Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day Flyby Encounter Produces Stunning Comet Close-Ups

Backside view of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Four image mosaic of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comprising images taken on 14 February 2015 at 10:15 GMT just prior to closest approach from a distance of 12.6 km from the comet centre (about 10.6 km from the surface). For the comet centre distance, the image scale is 1.1 m/pixel. In [...]