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more pictures from the close flyby have been released including



14 February close flyby
Close view of a 228 x 228 m region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as seen by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera during Rosetta’s flyby at 12:39 UT on 14 February 2015. The image was taken six kilometres above the comet’s surface, and the image resolution is just 11 cm/pixel. Rosetta’s fuzzy shadow, measuring approximately 20 x 50 metres, is seen at the bottom of the image.


to show this image in context (it is rotated by 90 degrees)



14 February flyby in context – Osiris and NavCam
The OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image from the 14 February close flyby (bottom left) shown here in context with Navigation Camera images (top left, top right and bottom right; see image for scale information).
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Mar 5 2015 09:39am
an article from the daily mail explains why the shadow in above pictures is so 'fuzzy' -> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2978275/Rosetta-glimpses-shadow-Probe-dips-close-comet-67P-selfie-spots-strange-alien-halo.html


This graphic shows the difference between how a sharp shadow is generated by a point source (left) and a fuzzy shadow by a diffuse source (right)



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now some picture from the journey around the comet



Comet on 25 February 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 81.9 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 25 February 2015. The 1024 x 1024 pixel image frame has a resolution of 7.0 m/pixel and measures 7.1 km across. The image is processed to bring out the details of the comet's activity.
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the newest picture release by the esa team



Comet on 28 February 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 102.6 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 28 February 2015. The 1024 x 1024 pixel image frame has a resolution of 8.7 m/pixel and measures 9.0 km across. The image is processed to bring out the details of the comet's activity.

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Comet on 9 March 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 71.9 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 9 March 2015. The image has a resolution of 6.1 m/pixel and measures 6.3 km across. The image is processed to bring out the details of the comet's activity.
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Comet on 14 March 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 81.4 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 14 March 2015. The image has a resolution of 6.9 m/pixel and measures 6.4 x 5.9 km. The image is cropped and processed to bring out the details of the comet's activity.
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Comet on 20 March 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a distance of 81.7 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 20 March 2015. The image has a resolution of 7 m/pixel and measures 5.8 x 6.1 km. The image is cropped and processed to bring out the details of the comet's activity.

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