Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
Oct 19 2007, 01:32 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
"Yesterday, 18 October at 18:06 CEST, the thrusters of ESA’s comet chaser, Rosetta, were fired in a planned, 42-second trajectory correction manoeuvre designed to 'fine tune' the spacecraft's approach to Earth. Rosetta is now approaching Earth for its second planetary swing-by of 2007."
From here. Maybe it is time to start a new thread... Get out of the way, Rosetta is coming to visit us at full speed! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Nov 9 2007, 03:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
Please note that the Minor Planet Center's official designation for Rosetta is asteroid 2007 VN84
2007 VN84 Editorial Notice |
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Nov 10 2007, 07:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 19-July 05 Member No.: 442 |
Please note that the Minor Planet Center's official designation for Rosetta is asteroid 2007 VN84 2007 VN84 Editorial Notice This'll be the third time that this has occurred. There was 'J002E3 that turned out to be the S-IVb from Apollo 12 back in '02. Before that the satellite WIND was marked down as a potential Earth impact threat, at least until it used its RCS system to change orbit. |
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Nov 10 2007, 08:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
This'll be the third time that this has occurred. There was 'J002E3 that turned out to be the S-IVb from Apollo 12 back in '02. I am not sure, but I don't think that the identification of J002E3 with the Apollo 12 stage was 100 per cent sure. |
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