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TIL: Vega-1 and Vega-2 did ~10,000 km and ~8,000 km flybys of Halley’s Comet. Vega-2’s photo of the potato-shaped nucleus is stunning.
by divbzero 5y ago
TIL: Vega-1 and Vega-2 did ~10,000 km and ~8,000 km flybys of Halley’s Comet. Vega-2’s photo of the potato-shaped nucleus is stunning.
- enriquto 5y agoHalley looks eerily similar to Churimov-Gerasimenko [0] in that image! I wonder if this dumbbell shape is common in comets and why should that be. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasime...
- miej 5y agospecifically with regard to your question, you may find this research interesting: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07660 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07660 also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite