Gallery: The Weirdest, Coolest Stuff We've Learned About Rosetta's Comet So Far
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Various features on a smooth part of the comet's surface in the region named Imhotep.
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Features on a structure dubbed Hathor. Boulders are strewn along the surface (lower right).
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The left image shows irregular fracturing and the right shows a circular depression feature.
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Rough features in the region known as Aker on the comet's body.
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Brittle surface material may have collapsed to form the features seen on the left image. The right shows part of a circular depression in the region named Seth.
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Pits in the region named Seth. The enhanced contrast image on the right reveals fine structures that appear to be jets shooting from the pit.
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Compared to Earth and the moon, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is really dark. (Sizes not to scale.)
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Researchers divided up the surface of the comet into different regions, giving them names according to the Rosetta mission's Egyptian theme.
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