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Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Outbursts from the comet, imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft between July and September 2015.
Outbursts from the comet, imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft between July and September 2015. Image: OSIRIS: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; NavCam: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

Okay, so this last slide isn’t actually an asteroid. But it’s so extremely cool that we’re making an exception. Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was actually landed on in 2014 by the ESA spacecraft Philae, part of the Rosetta probe, and the imagery is unbelievable. Dust and debris filter around the comet, making it look like a snowy mountaintop.

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