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Rosetta
robotic space probe which orbited comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet. It is originally from the Kuiper belt and has an orbital period of 6.45 years as of 2012, a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours, and a maximum velocity of . Churyumov–Gerasimenko is approximately at its longest and widest dimensions. It was first observed on photographic plates in 1969 by Soviet astronomers Klim Ivanovych Churyumov and Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko, after whom it is named. It most recently came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 2 November 2021, and will next come to perihe
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main-belt asteroid
Philae
robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft

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asteroid
Claudia Alexander
American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)
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asteroid

Rosetta
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Luisa María Lara
Spanish astrophysicist
Matt Taylor
British scientist