{"id":16550,"date":"2015-02-16T23:39:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-from-rosettas-valentines-day-comet-close-up\/"},"modified":"2015-02-16T23:39:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:39:43","slug":"photos-from-rosettas-valentines-day-comet-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-from-rosettas-valentines-day-comet-close-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from Rosetta\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day comet close-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s Rosetta spacecraft \u2014 six months into its mission at comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko \u2014 made its closest flyby of the comet\u2019s boulder-strewn nucleus Saturday, capturing photos and measurements to help scientists unravel how the duck-shaped body is evolving on its path around the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Rosetta flew just six kilometers \u2014 about 3.7 miles \u2014 from the comet\u2019s surface Saturday. Scientists will be analyzing the full results of the encounter for months, but the European Space Agency released the first imagery from the close-up Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The images come from Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera, which ground controllers use to help navigate the solar-powered probe around the vicinity of the comet. Photos from Rosetta\u2019s OSIRIS science camera should be released about two weeks after the flyby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4044\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4044\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/14_February_close_flyby_14_15_GMT.jpg\" alt=\"A four-image mosaic of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta's navigation camera at a distance of 8.9 kilometers (5.5 miles) from the surface. The image is centered on the comet's Imhotep region, located on 67P's large lobe. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/14_February_close_flyby_14_15_GMT.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/14_February_close_flyby_14_15_GMT-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/14_February_close_flyby_14_15_GMT-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A four-image mosaic of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera at a distance of 8.9 kilometers (5.5 miles) from the surface. The image is centered on the comet\u2019s Imhotep region, located on 67P\u2019s large lobe, showing boulders, dune-like deposits and steep topographic features. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4045\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4045\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20150214T1029_C.jpg\" alt=\"One frame from Rosetta's navigation camera shows sharp terrain on comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20150214T1029_C.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20150214T1029_C-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20150214T1029_C-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20150214T1029_C-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One frame from Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera shows sharp terrain on comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4046\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4046\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/16549242755_f2a035c22f_z.jpg\" alt=\"A four-frame composite image of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken 31.6 kilometers (19.6 miles) from the comet's center as Rosetta flew away from the nucleus after Saturday's flyby. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/16549242755_f2a035c22f_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/16549242755_f2a035c22f_z-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/16549242755_f2a035c22f_z-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A four-frame composite image of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken 31.6 kilometers (19.6 miles) from the comet\u2019s center as Rosetta flew away from the nucleus after Saturday\u2019s flyby. Credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s Rosetta spacecraft \u2014 six months into its mission at comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko \u2014 made its closest flyby of the comet\u2019s boulder-strewn nucleus Saturday, capturing photos and measurements to help scientists unravel how the duck-shaped body is evolving on its path around the sun. Rosetta flew just six kilometers \u2014 about 3.7 miles \u2014 from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3097,3098,831,3373],"class_list":["post-16550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-comet","tag-comet-67p-churyumov-gerasimenko","tag-european-space-agency","tag-rosetta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}