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SUMMARY:Comets\, Rosetta and the origin of the solar system - Professor Wi
 lly Benz\, Director\, Physics Institute\, University of Bern
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:Comets have always been thought as relics from the early days 
 of the solar system. ESA's Rosetta mission by following the comet 67P/Chur
 yumov-Gerasimenko along its trajectory\, delivered for the first time not 
 just a snapshot in time of a comet nucleus but its full time dependent evo
 lution as it approached the sun. Just like the stone that gave the name to
  the mission\, the wealth of data recorded provides a unique opportunity t
 o help decipher the 4.5 billion yearlong story of the solar system. It tur
 ns out that the book is not so easy to read! In this talk\, we will show t
 hat when these data are coupled with the many progresses made over the pas
 t few years in particular due to the discovery of exoplanets\, a consisten
 t scenario reconciling many aspects of the problem is slowly emerging. 
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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