Earlier terrestrial spacecraft studied the comet for a short time while flying near these cosmic bodies.
Now scientists have more to evaluate the characteristics of a comet, to prepare for the most important phase of the project – the search space for the landing module ” Fila “. It is expected to take place in November this year. The machine must solve several scientific objectives: to determine the parameters of the nucleus of a comet; investigate its chemical composition, to explore changes in its activity with time. All this should give new information about the formation of the solar system, as well as the early stages of the universe, according to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.
Comet 67P reaches the point of closest approach to the Sun August 13, 2015, at a distance of 185 million. miles away, roughly between the orbits of Earth and Mars. “Rosetta” will follow the comet before the end of 2015 as its distance from the sun.
By the way, comet discovered Ukrainian astronomers Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko October 23, 1969, was not what what it were before. Recently obtained images allowed to prove that the comet 67P / Churyumov – Gerasimenko is a contact binary system. This means that it was formed as a result of the collision of two comets, and that it has two cores.
Earlier, scientists for the first time were able to measure the temperature of a comet. Probe “Rosetta” was able to get closer to the comet 67P (Churyumov- Gerasimenko) at a distance of almost 5000 kilometers. It was found that the temperature 67P equals 70 degrees Celsius below zero. As suggested by scientists, 67P zaporoshena thick layer of cosmic dust, as evidenced by its low albedo (reflectivity), wrote Teleport.
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