4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

Geomorphological mapping of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's Southern hemisphere

Journal

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 462, Issue -, Pages S573-S592

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx450

Keywords

methods: observational; comets: general; comets: individual: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Funding

  1. national funding agency of Germany (Deutschen Zentrums fur Luftund Raumfahrt)
  2. national funding agency of France (Centre National d'Etudes Spatales)
  3. national funding agency of Italy (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
  4. national funding agency of Spain (Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura Deporte)
  5. national funding agency of Sweden (Swedish National Space Board) [74/10:2]
  6. ESA Technical Directorate
  7. Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [NSC102-2112-M-008-013-MY3, NSC 101-2111-M-008-016]
  8. Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau [017/2014/A1, 039/2013/A2]

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In 2015 May, the Southern hemisphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko became visible by the OSIRIS cameras on-board the Rosetta spacecraft. The resolution was high enough to carry out a detailed analysis of the surface morphology, which is quite different from the Northern hemisphere. Previous works show that fine particle deposits are the most extensive geological unit in the Northern hemisphere. In contrast, the Southern hemisphere is dominated by outcropping consolidated terrain. In this work, we provide geomorphological maps of the Southern hemisphere with the distinction of both geological units and linear features. The geomorphological maps described in this study allow us to gain a better understanding of the processes shaping the comet nucleus and the distribution of primary structures such as fractures and strata.

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