This is a cliff.
That's a kilometre tall.
On a comet.
That's a kilometre tall.
On a comet.
This pic was taken by the @ESA_Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014. The comet is a mix of silicate dust and ices, and swings around the Sun every 6.5 years.
If you jumped off that cliff you might survive, but would you want to?
Credit: ESA/Stuart Atkinson
If you jumped off that cliff you might survive, but would you want to?
Credit: ESA/Stuart Atkinson
A *very* rough calculation suggests that it would take you about 45 minutes to reach the bottom. You'd hit the ground at about 70 cm/s... which is eminently survivable.
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