Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet
CategoryComet
SystemSolar System
Diameter4.1 km
Orbital Period6.45 years
About Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet
Comet 67P, famously shaped like a rubber duck. The ESA Rosetta spacecraft orbited it for two years beginning in 2014. The Philae lander made the first ever landing on a comet nucleus. The mission found glycine, organic molecules, and molecular oxygen. Discovered in 1969 by Klim Churyumov and Svetlana Gerasimenko.
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