Open AccessComet Lander Makes a Hard Discovery
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo033623
Subject(s) - comet , astrobiology , spacecraft , physics , astronomy
The Philae probe, dropped onto a comet by the Rosetta spacecraft, has made contact with a surface thought too hard to be on a comet and has detected a few organic molecules new to comet exploration.