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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Rosetta's Selfie
NASA ^
| October 16, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 10/16/2014 5:33:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: This Rosetta spacecraft selfie was snapped on October 7th. At the time the spacecraft was about 472 million kilometers from planet Earth, but only 16 kilometers from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Looming beyond the spacecraft near the top of the frame, dust and gas stream away from the comet's curious double-lobed nucleus and bright sunlight glints off one of Rosetta's 14 meter long solar arrays. In fact, two exposures, one short and one long, were combined to record the dramatic high contrast scene using the CIVA camera system on Rosetta's still-attached Philae lander. Its chosen primary landing site is visible on the smaller lobe of the nucleus. This is the last image anticipated from Philae's cameras before the lander separates from Rosetta on November 12. Shortly after separation Philae will take another image looking back toward the orbiter, and begin its descent to the nucleus of the comet.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; philae; rosetta; science
[Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA]
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:33:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:33:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Pretty freaking amazing shot!
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:36:35 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: SunkenCiv
The solar panel looks like it is a large lighted landing strip for Ufo’s.
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: Red_Devil 232
Hey, that’s supposed to be classified! ;’)
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:55:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: John Valentine
Yeah, and it fits our times.
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:55:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:02:39 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: Red_Devil 232
You’d think they’d find some way to put advertsing on
there,
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:08:51 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: SunkenCiv
That’s pretty neat. Thanks, SunkenCiv!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:20 PM PDT
by
familyop
To: SunkenCiv
it’s awesome....what are supposed to learn from this and was it worth the money????
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:31:48 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: familyop
and Rosetta’s not even getting started on its primary mission yet. :’)
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:32:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: terycarl
splicing two photographs into one, did they use PhotoShop for that?
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:42:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: SunkenCiv
I’ll be keeping an eye out for posts about Rosetta then.
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posted on
10/16/2014 8:27:23 PM PDT
by
familyop
To: SunkenCiv
Incredible!
Thanks SunkenCiv.
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posted on
10/16/2014 8:37:02 PM PDT
by
houeto
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/16/2014 8:42:03 PM PDT
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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