Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-family comet best known as the target of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, which achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet’s surface.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jupiter-family comet ⓘ
comet ⓘ
albedo about 0.06 ⓘ
aphelionDistance about 5.68 AU ⓘ
belongsTo Jupiter-family comets ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
closestApproachToSunEpoch around August 2015 ⓘ
density about 0.53 g/cm³ ⓘ
designatedAs 67P ⓘ
dimensions approximately 4.3 × 4.1 × 3.3 km ⓘ
discoveredAt Alma-Ata Astrophysical Institute ⓘ
discoveredBy Klim Ivanovich Churyumov ⓘ
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko ⓘ
discoveryDate 1969-09-11 ⓘ
eccentricity about 0.64 ⓘ
firstRendezvousDate 2014-08-06 ⓘ
firstSoftLandingBy Philae lander ⓘ
firstSoftLandingDate 2014-11-12 ⓘ
firstSoftLandingOperator European Space Agency ⓘ
hasDust organic-rich particles ⓘ
silicate particles ⓘ
hasFeature boulders ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
dust jets ⓘ
pits ⓘ
hasGas carbon dioxide ⓘ
carbon monoxide ⓘ
water vapor ⓘ
hasNickname rubber duck comet ⓘ
inclination about 7.0 degrees ⓘ
mass about 1.0×10^13 kg ⓘ
meanRadius about 2.0 km ⓘ
mission ESA Rosetta mission target ⓘ
namedAfter Klim Ivanovich Churyumov ⓘ
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko ⓘ
notableFor first-ever soft landing on a comet ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 6.44 years ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
perihelionDistance about 1.24 AU ⓘ
rotationPeriod about 12.4 hours ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 3.46 AU ⓘ
shape bilobed ⓘ
spectralType D-type-like ⓘ
surfaceComposition carbon dioxide ice ⓘ
carbon monoxide ice ⓘ
organic compounds ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
visitedBy Philae lander ⓘ
Rosetta spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Rosetta

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosetta (album) → mainSubject → Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
Rosetta mission → target → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta mission → orbitInsertionTarget → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta mission → landerName → Philae ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta mission → landerTarget → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Perihelion (track) → topic → comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko → designatedAs → 67P ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta → target → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta → deployedLanderOn → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Klim Ivanovich Churyumov → coDiscovered → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Klim Ivanovich Churyumov → hasNameInCometDesignation → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko → coDiscovered → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko → hasDiscovered → comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko → coDiscovererOf → short-period comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
rubber duck comet → refersTo → Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
Philae → targetBody → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
subject linked to: Philae lander
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Philae → firstSoftLandingOn → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
subject linked to: Philae lander
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta → target → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta → firstSoftLandingOn → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Rosetta → enteredOrbitAround → 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko ⓘ
linked to: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko