Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
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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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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 ![]() |
What what was the time and date for the full earth image? I am having a harder time than I expected in finding that little bit of trivia!
![]() Also, isn't that TC SIDR moving into Bangladesh? I don't remember any previous full earth (non-geostationary) images containing a fully developed tropical cyclone, particularly not one that was as significant as Sidr, nor essentially at what looks to be very near the time of landfall. -- Pertinax |
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![]() Dublin Correspondent ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 ![]() |
Good catch - I'm pretty sure that you are correct that should be Sidr in the upper right of the image but I think this was a day or two before landfall. It's still a very significant image and ugordan's tuning has substantially improved the detail in my opinion.
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 ![]() |
...but I think this was a day or two before landfall. I agree. The more I looked at the image I realized as well that it had to have been a day or two earlier than I first though. -- Pertinax |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 ![]() |
LOL! Am I really the first one to realize the Rosetta shot is actually mirrored left-right?
![]() Here's the correct view: I knew there was something funny looking about that Australia ![]() Here's proof: -------------------- |
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