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Пользуясь подробными данными, учёные подтвердили - 67P/Чурюмова — Герасименко образовалась в результате столкновения двух комет. Учёные проанализировали "слои" комет и выяснили, что они сформировались раньше, чем оба объекта столкнулись.
Now, scientists have an unambiguous answer to the conundrum. By using high-resolution images taken between 6 August 2014 and 17 March 2015 to study the layers of material seen all over the nucleus, they have shown that the shape arose from a low-speed collision between two fully fledged, separately formed comets.
"It is clear from the images that both lobes have an outer envelope of material organised in distinct layers, and we think these extend for several hundred metres below the surface," says Matteo Massironi, lead author from the University of Padova, Italy, and an associate scientist of the OSIRIS team.
"You can imagine the layering a bit like an onion, except in this case we are considering two separate onions of differing size that have grown independently before fusing together."
Сокращённое содержание с иллюстрациями можно почитать тут: sci.esa.int/rosetta/56543-how-rosetta-s-comet-g...
Само исследование было опубликовано в Nature: www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/ful...
Now, scientists have an unambiguous answer to the conundrum. By using high-resolution images taken between 6 August 2014 and 17 March 2015 to study the layers of material seen all over the nucleus, they have shown that the shape arose from a low-speed collision between two fully fledged, separately formed comets.
"It is clear from the images that both lobes have an outer envelope of material organised in distinct layers, and we think these extend for several hundred metres below the surface," says Matteo Massironi, lead author from the University of Padova, Italy, and an associate scientist of the OSIRIS team.
"You can imagine the layering a bit like an onion, except in this case we are considering two separate onions of differing size that have grown independently before fusing together."
Сокращённое содержание с иллюстрациями можно почитать тут: sci.esa.int/rosetta/56543-how-rosetta-s-comet-g...
Само исследование было опубликовано в Nature: www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/ful...