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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss In 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko stands out as one of the rare comets we’ve visited up close. Discovered in 1969 by Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko, the comet circles the Sun every 6.4 years, flaring to life near perihelion as jets of gas and dust erupt from its icy surface. ESA’s Rosetta mission made history in 2014 by becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and delivering the Philae probe to its rugged surface. Rosetta / ESA, OSIRIS Team / image processing Mark McCaughrean, CC BY-SA