67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is a contact-binary comet about 4.1 km in diameter that orbits the Sun once every 6.44 years. A member of the Jupiter-family comets, it is the primary target of ESA's Rosetta mission and is the first comet to be orbited and landed by a spacecraft in 2014.

67P's trajectory (1800 to 2200). An encounter with Jupiter in 1959 significantly reduced its perihelion and placed it in its current general orbit

67P seen by Rosetta, 2014-Sep-19

67P seen by Rosetta, 2015-Jul-07

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