Questions tagged [67p]
Questions regarding the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Dfferent distances to comet 67P
Earlier, I was looking for the current distance from Earth to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in order to do a "back of envelope" calculation of signal delay. Not important, but I was somewhat puzzled to ...
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What are the implications if the Sun was formed in a warm nebula?
Molecular oxygen O2 has been found on comet 67P/C-G in a ratio of 3.8% to water, which is much higher than expected. An explanation proposed is that the Solar System formed from a molecular cloud ...
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What does oxygen on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko mean?
Recently, the Rosetta mission found oxygen on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. According to theories, oxygen should not be in the state in which it is on the comet. What are the previous theories ...
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Where does the dust on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko come from?
As we (laymen) are told, comets lose gas and dust when they descent into the denser regions of the solar system. Seemingly so much and so large parts that they can even cause meteor showers like in ...
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How does 67P rotate?
What can be said about 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko axial tilt?
Is it fixed (if so, at what value), only changing with precession (at what rate?) or does 67P "tumble" with axial tilt changing over time? ...
