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Rosetta space probe takes sharp, close-up images of comet
whdh / ap ^
| 2-16-2015
Posted on 02/16/2015 8:09:47 AM PST by Citizen Zed
The European Space Agency says high-resolution images the Rosetta space probe took during a swoop close to a comet it's been tracking for months show boulders on the comet's surface as well as "stunning details of the contrasting terrain."
The agency said Monday the boulders ranged in size from a few meters (yards) to a few tens of meters, and lie "scattered across the whole surface of the comet." It says the sun was directly behind Rosetta as the pictures were taken, providing optimal light conditions.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; comets; philae; rosetta
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To: Citizen Zed
Has anyone seen the size of this comet mentioned?
To: Citizen Zed
Can hardly think of an object so mundane and yet so incredible to view up close.
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:15:16 AM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: Citizen Zed
It says the sun was directly behind Rosetta as the pictures were taken, providing optimal light conditions.
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Wouldn’t optimal light conditions be with the sun behind the camera?
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:18:09 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: samtheman
Since Rosetta is the probe, not the comet, the statement is correct.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:26:16 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:27:02 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: samtheman
Yes! Even in Kerbal land
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:32:06 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: Little Pig
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:33:22 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: GeronL
I’ve seen a lot of Kerbal out there lately. Is it a fun “game?”
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:34:30 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: BwanaNdege
I thought I had read that it was 5 kilometers in length.
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:34:33 AM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: Citizen Zed
The whole shebang is up on flickr, somewheres.
Maybe HERE.
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:35:14 AM PST
by
Prospero
(Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
To: Citizen Zed
Nice photo - just don’t name it “Lucifer’s Hammer”.
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:35:24 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: rarestia
frustrating in some ways but the mods or cheats help make it fun... gotta kill a lot of Kerbals to learn things.
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:50:10 AM PST
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GeronL
To: Prospero
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posted on
02/16/2015 8:54:26 AM PST
by
Prospero
(Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
To: Prospero
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posted on
02/16/2015 9:03:36 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dainbramaged
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posted on
02/16/2015 9:17:32 AM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Prospero
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posted on
02/16/2015 9:18:17 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: Citizen Zed
Maybe this thing will split in two while under observation fro Rosetta. Wouldn't
that be cool?
Four-image mosaic made from NavCam images acquired on Feb. 14, 2015 at 19:42 UTC at a distance of 31.6 km. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.
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posted on
02/16/2015 9:20:06 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Citizen Zed
the boulders ranged in size from a few meters (yards) to a few tens of meters, and lie "scattered across the whole surface of the comet."
Why wouldn't they have floated away in the zero gravity of outer space?
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posted on
02/16/2015 9:21:19 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
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