Summer outbursts in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as observed by Rosetta-VIRTIS

We present an analysis of transient events observed by the Visible InfraRed Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, instrument aboard Rosetta, for the dates of 2015 August 10, September 13 and 14, during the two months surrounding the comet perihelion passage of the Rosetta spacecraft. We detected and charact...

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Main Authors: Rinaldi, G, Bockelée-Morvan, D, Ciarniello, M, Tozzi, GP, Capaccioni, F, Ivanovski, SL, Filacchione, G, Fink, U, Doose, L, Taylor, F, Kappel, D, Erard, S, Leyrat, C, Raponi, A, D'Aversa, E, Capria, MT, Longobardo, A, Palomba, E, Tosi, F, Migliorini, A, Rotundi, A, Della Corte, V, Salatti, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018