Taking a Comet Temperature

Image of the southern polar regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System OSIRIS on September 29, 2014, when the comet was still experiencing the long southern winter.

Image of the southern polar regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System OSIRIS on September 29, 2014, when the comet was still experiencing the long southern winter. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19969