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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) e 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko during 2015

Milani, G.

Among the many comets observed in 2015 by the Comet Section a review on the apparition of comet C/2014 (Lovejoy) and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is presented. The first one was the brighter, reaching magnitude 4 and being visible by the naked eye. The second was faint but had a high scientific relevance being the target of the Rosetta mission.

La Cometa 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko el il contributo degli astrofili italiani alla missione ROSETTA

Milani, Giannantonio

Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the new target of the ROSETTA spacecraft, was oberved during the 2002/2003 apparition, displacing an unusual tail. The tail was compatible with a neck-line structure and this implies a high nuclear activity far before perihelion. Images and data from the current and previous apparitions show that the comet reaches …