Tag Archive for 'COSIMA'

This false-color image of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the Rosetta navigation camera on 15 June 2015 from a distance of 207 km from the comet center. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

Solid Phosphorus and Fluorine Detected in Coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Nov 27, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA) instrument on board ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, researchers have detected phosphorus and fluorine...

OSIRIS instrument on the Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014; marked is what Rosetta scientists believe to be the Philae lander above the rim of the large depression – named Hatmehit – on the comet’s small lobe. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS team / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.

Rosetta Analyzes Dusty Surface of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Feb 2, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta mission scientists have announced the first results from the COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA), one of Rosetta’s three dust analysis...