10 FEB. 2004
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This animation shows how most comets originate in an area beyond the orbits of Neptune and Pluto, filled with millions of tiny comet nuclei. Occasionally a comet has a gravitational encounter with a planet and is dragged into orbit around the Sun.
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Rosetta overview
Rosetta factsheet
Name: RosettaMission: To rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and study the nucleus of the comet and its environment for nearly two years, and land a probe on its surface.Primary mission objectives:Undertake ...
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