P41C-3939:
Jets of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as Observed by Rosetta/OSIRIS
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Wing-Huen Ip1, Z.-Y. Lin1, Luisa Lara2, Pedro Gutiérrez2, Rafael Rodrigo3, Michael F A'Hearn4, Jean-Baptiste Vincent5, Jessica Agarwal6, Ivano Bertini7, Steven Lowry8, A. Rozek8, M. Pajola9, Ian Lai10 and Yng Liao11, (1)NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan, (2)Instituto de Astrophisica de Andalucia-CSIC, Spain, Dept. of Solar System, Andalucia, Spain, (3)IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain, (4)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (5)Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany, (6)Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, Goettigen, Germany, (7)CISAS - Center for Studies and Activities for Space, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, (8)University of Kent, UK, Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Kent, United Kingdom, (9)CISAS-University of Padova, Padova, Italy, (10)Institute of Space Science National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, (11)University of Bern, Institute of Physics, Bern, Switzerland
Abstract:
The Rosetta spacecraft is investigating comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since mid-July 2014. Jet structures have been identified in the coma indicating anisotropic outgassing activity from the nucleus surface. We will report on the physical characteristics of the gas and dust jets including their brightness and density enhancements, radial expansion, association with source regions and time evolution.
