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posted 07-20-2019 08:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
OSIRIS: The Eyes of Rosetta
by Holger Sierks, Carsten Güttler and Cecilia Tubiana
Comets have fascinated humans and inspired our imaginations for millennia. Having witnessed the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, comets are also a scientist's dream to study. Composed of fluffy dust, several ices and rich organics, they are believed to preserve pristine material from this early time and therefore hold the key to understanding the origin of the solar system. To make this dream a reality, the Rosetta mission visited a comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between 2014 and 2016. On board the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft were eleven scientific instruments as well as Philae, an in situ laboratory to land on the comet's surface. The camera system OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System) can certainly be considered the "Eyes of Rosetta."

This book collects the most stunning images acquired by OSIRIS and compiled by the scientists who were responsible for the development and operation of the camera system.

  • Hardcover: 328 pages
  • Steidl (12 Dec. 2019)
  • ISBN-10: 395829622X
  • ISBN-13: 978-3958296220
Note: Companion book to The Comet: The Journey of Rosetta?

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This post is three years old and apparently the book never made it to the printing stage. A new date is listed on Amazon.co.uk: Dec. 28, 2023.

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