New Year’s Day comet Churyumov – Gerasimenko meets at 526 million km from Earth – BBC

On January 1, the unit “Rosetta” is about 526 million km from Earth, according to in the official Twitter of the mission.

At the same time, the distance and the sun honey the device is about 396 million km.

The closest “Rosetta” comet Churyumov is to – Gerasimenko and probe “Fila”: their shares of about 30 km.

Earlier reported , which is the New Year Doodle from Google captured landing at the comet Churyumov – Gerasimenko.