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.
3 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?
4 posted on
02/16/2015 8:18:09 AM PST by
samtheman
To: SunkenCiv
6 posted on
02/16/2015 8:26:16 AM PST by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Citizen Zed
7 posted on
02/16/2015 8:27:02 AM PST by
GeronL
To: Citizen Zed
The whole shebang is up on flickr, somewheres.
Maybe HERE.
12 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”.
13 posted on
02/16/2015 8:35:24 AM PST by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
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.
19 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?
20 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")
To: Citizen Zed
To: Citizen Zed
To: Citizen Zed
is this one slid rock or two that are just held together by gravity?
I bet when this goes around the sun it splits into two.
Does anyone know when that is supposed to happen?
31 posted on
02/16/2015 2:38:48 PM PST by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
To: Citizen Zed
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Yep, that thing looks just like an oort cloud!
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33 posted on
02/16/2015 2:45:34 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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