Taken by Philae during its descent. The view is just 1.8 miles above the comet. Credit: ESA
Image from the Philae lander as it approached the surface. Credit: ESA
To: zeestephen
Confirmed what scientists have always suspects: comets are meteors surround by ice that when warmed by the sun, gives them their characteristic appearance.
2 posted on
11/13/2014 1:11:32 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
Congratulations to ESA!
Too bad NASA is preoccupied with its mission to Mecca.
3 posted on
11/13/2014 1:16:38 AM PST by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: zeestephen
Gravity of 67P is estimated to be less than one one-hundred-thousandth that of Earth (< 1E-5 g), so one might expect a landing to be troubled.
5 posted on
11/13/2014 5:30:40 AM PST by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: SunkenCiv
8 posted on
11/13/2014 11:43:23 AM PST by
Don W
(To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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