PSJC #183 February 20 2015

Charles Schambeau

Overview of the First Published Results from the Rosetta Mission

Several papers about Rosetta's exploration of comet 67P have just been published in Issue 6220 of Science.

• Hässig et al. 2015, Time variability and heterogeneity in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Nilsson et al. 2015, Birth of a comet magnetosphere: A spring of water ions.
• Capaccioni et al. 2015, The organic-rich surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by VIRTIS/Rosetta.
• Gulkis et al. 2015, Subsurface properties and early activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Altwegg et al. 2015, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a Jupiter family comet with a high D/H ratio.
• Thomas et al. 2015, The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Sierks et al. 2015, On the nucleus structure and activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Rotundi et al. 2015, Dust measurements in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko inbound to the Sun.