The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a research institute in astronomy and astrophysics located in Göttingen, Germany, where it relocated in February 2014 from the nearby village of L
New Institute building in Göttingen, built in 2013 and occupied in 2014
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research – April 2006
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Lindau, about a year before relocating – March 2013
Prof. Ulrich Christensen (left), Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon (centre) and Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki (right)
Rosetta (spacecraft)
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Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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…first photographs ever of a comet's nucleus in 1986. A particular challenge was the development of numerous scientific instruments for the ESA Mission Rosetta, such as cameras, chemical analyzers, and essential components for the landing module Philae. Rosetta was launched in 2004, and matched orbits with the…
Illustration of Rosetta and Philae at the comet
Trajectory of the Rosetta space probe
Rosetta "selfie" at Mars
Earth from Rosetta during final flyby