Evolution of the dust coma in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko before the 2009 perihelion
Evolution of the dust coma in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko before the 2009 perihelion
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the main target of ESA's Rosetta mission and will be encountered in May 2014. As the spacecraft shall be in orbit the comet nucleus before and after release of the lander {\it Philae}, it is necessary necessary to know the conditions in the coma. Study the dust …