Sentences with phrase «details on the comet»

The long exposure means we can see details on the comet's surface, along with jets of gas emerging as it heats up on its journey towards the sun.

Not exact matches

The newly created objects have different sizes and shapes, among them are many elongated bodies, some of which consist of two parts, just like the comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, which the University of Bern studied in detail with the Bern mass spectrometer ROSINA on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Meanwhile, the camera OSIRIS on board the Rosetta comet probe is revealing new details of the surface of Chury.

Researchers centered at Tokyo's National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) and National Institute for Polar Research (NIPR) examined a detailed painting from a Japanese manuscript Seikai («understanding comets») with associated commentary describes a red aurora occurring over Kyoto on 17 September 1770.

Subsequent images, shown here on 13 December at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, reveal new details of the modest jets and the reflectivity of Borrelly's 8 - kilometer - long nucleus, the asteroid - like body at the center of the comet.

In addition to identifying Comet ISON, Comet Watch also provides the details on how to identify the locations of constellations, individual stars, galaxies, nebulas and even SETI research targets are in relation to the comet, the app's makers say.