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Hector Servadac et les comètes de Jules Verne.

Crovisier, J.

"Hector Servadac" ("Off on a Comet") is a novel by Jules Verne published in 1877. Anticipating the Rosetta mission, it fantasizes about the in situ exploration of a comet by a small group of castaways. This novel illustrates what was publicly known on comets at that time.