Rosetta 67P Pits (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Rosetta 67P Pits (1 of 3)

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This close-up image shows the most active pit, known as Seth_01, observed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta spacecraft. A new study suggests that this pit and others like it could be sinkholes, formed by a surface collapse process similar to the way these features form on Earth.

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Vincent et al., Nature Publishing Group

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