05.03.2015 - 18:50 [ Space ]

Rosetta Spacecraft Sees Its Shadow on a Comet (Photo)

„Images taken from this viewpoint are of high scientific value,“ Holger Sierks of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, principal investigator for Rosetta‘s Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS), said in a statement. „This kind of view is key for the study of grain sizes.“