Living with a Comet: Rosetta at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Dr. Dennis Bodewits
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland
The Rosetta mission arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko two years ago. It delivered the Philae lander to its surface and continued to investigate the comet since then. This fall, its mission will conclude with the orbiter landing on the surface. In this seminar I will give an overview of the scientific results obtained with the optical cameras on board Rosetta, OSIRIS. This will include the diversity of the comets spectacular landscapes, the origin of its two lobes and the connection to the formation of our solar system, jets and outbursts, and the physics and chemistry in the inner coma.
Host: Dr. Walter Harris