Claudia Alexander Gate

Twin peaks on tip of comet.
March 27, 2018
CreditESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
PIA NumberPIA19838
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C. Alexander Gate, a feature on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is named in honor of Claudia Alexander, the U.S. project scientist for the Rosetta mission to explore the comet.

Alexander passed away in July 2015 at the age of 56.