Sentences with phrase «edged than the asteroids»

During its approach, Rosetta has trained its navcams and OSIRIS camera at the comet, which sent back dramatic pictures of Churyumov — Gerasimenko; revealing it to be craggier and sharper edged than the asteroids and moons previously explored that had been worn down by billions of years of meteor impacts.

Not exact matches

Burning through the atmosphere at 45,000 mph, the asteroid's leading edge hit the Gulf of Mexico while its other end was still higher than a cruising 747.