Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Science - Rosetta Spacecraft Shows Us Comet 67P Up Close

The European Space Agency has finally, after 10 years and 5 loops around the Sun, inserted the Rosetta spacecraft into a matching orbit with Comet 67P.  And the pictures that are slowly coming back are amazing.



See here:  Rosetta-spacecraft-takes-amazing-3d-image-of-comets-topography

And what is the temperature of a comet?  About -70 Celsius:  rosetta-spacecraft-takes-comet-temperature

This link contains more amazing pictures:  Rosetta-comet-mission-photos-esa

Here is a summary of Rosetta's mission and designs: Rosetta-spacecraft-comet-landing-explained-infographic

Link to ESA site:  Rosetta_arrives_at_comet_destination

Rosetta takes about one image per day:  spaceinimages/Missions/Rosetta/

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