SpazePeriodic comet, Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Comet 67P
Rosetta orbited it for two years and dropped the Philae lander on it in 2014, the first landing on a comet.
- Size
- 3 km
- Orbit
- 6.4 years
- Distance from Sun
- 1.2 to 5.7 AU
- Day
- 12.8 hours
- Visited by
- Rosetta and Philae, 2014–2016
Can we live on Comet 67P?
Air: only a faint trace of H₂O, CO₂, CO, O₂, NH₃, glycine, far too thin to breathe. You’d live in sealed, pressurised habitats.
Gravity: 0.00 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 0 kg there.
Ground: Dusty ice and organics, two lobes like a rubber duck.
Atmosphere
- H₂O
- CO₂
- CO
- O₂
- NH₃
- glycine
Measured by Rosetta