Rosetta: Type of ice reveals the age of comets
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
The ice buried inside comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko is mainly found in crystalline form, which implies that it originated in the protosolar nebula and is therefore the same age as the Solar System. These findings were obtained by analyzing data from the Rosina2 instrument, placed on board ESA's Rosetta spacecraft.