Instrument commissioning phase, Beginning final approach to the comet |
Instrument commissioning phase, Beginning final approach to the comet |
Mar 26 2014, 06:23 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 93 Joined: 21-January 13 Member No.: 6845 |
Today a member of the camera science team put up the first images of the comet on his office door. So the camera works. He said on the image is M107 and the comet could this be?
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Jul 15 2014, 08:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 13-July 05 From: The Hague, NL Member No.: 434 |
To follow on from nprev's comment:
This may actually be good news for the Philea lander: it’s design was premised on a 40-fold lower gravity on the originally targeted comet 46P/Wirtanen. On the other hand the odd shape of 67P-/CG that has now been revealed may pose a major new hurdle for the nav team: the nav camera’s must be able to keep the Philea landing ellipse in view at all time. Exciting times ahead.. dictated by orbital mechanics Rosetta inexorably moves towards its destination (is “destiny” too much to say here?) and the Rosetta team has no spare time to park the issue and study it at length. Or perhaps this is already one of their pre-worked scenario’s - let's hope so! |
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