Space Travel and Exploration

Comet 67P and Rosetta make their closest pass of the Sun

08-15-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy

On Thursday at 02:03 GMT, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta orbiter reached their closest point (known as perihelion) to the Sun, coming within 186 million km (115 million mi) of our parent star.