67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Tags: Planet.

Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko officially designated 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a comet with a current orbital period of 6.45 years. It will next come to perihelion on 13 August 2015. Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko is the destination of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft mission launched on 2 March 2004 which woke up from hibernation mode on 20 January 2014 to monitor the comet and select a suitable site for an attempted landing in November 2014 by its Philae lander.

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apoapsis (km)

8.50299e+11

orbital period (μ)

2.03547e+08

periapsis (km)

1.85935e+11

discoverer

Klim_Ivanovich_Churyumov, Svetlana_Ivanova_Gerasimenko

epoch

2013-Dec-20 (JD 2456646.5)

former name

1969 R1; 1969 IV;, 1969h; 1975 P1;, 1976 VII; 1975i, 1982 VIII; 1982f;, 1989 VI; 1988i;