Philae Lander View of Perihelion Cliff on Comet Surface

From the location where it came to rest after bounces, the Philae lander of the European Space Agency Rosetta mission captured this view of a cliff on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The feature is called Perihelion Cliff.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA19095
Credit: Copyright: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA

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U.S. Instruments Aboard Rosetta

Three of NASA contributions to the ESA Rosetta mission are pictured here: an ultraviolet spectrometer called Alice top, the Ion and Electron Sensor IES bottom left, and the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter MIRO bottom right.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17664
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

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2026-05-10 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-05-09)

☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 30.32 km/s (-0.06 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 152 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.95 (+0.01)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 291,906,069.43 km (-29,564.60 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.95 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 13.72 s (-0.10 s)

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