Rosetta - Early Orbital Operations at Comet 67P C-G, August 6, 2014 - November 13, 2014 |
Rosetta - Early Orbital Operations at Comet 67P C-G, August 6, 2014 - November 13, 2014 |
Aug 6 2014, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Cheers at the European Space Operations Centre.
Well done! Rosetta has arrived Time for science!!!!!!! |
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Aug 6 2014, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Maybe the neck jets represent the sublimation of superficial ice that collected in cold sinks at the end of the comet's last pass rather than indicating a deep structure of ice in the neck.
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Aug 6 2014, 07:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 5-January 07 From: Manchester England Member No.: 1563 |
Maybe the neck jets represent the sublimation of superficial ice that collected in cold sinks at the end of the comet's last pass rather than indicating a deep structure of ice in the neck. Do the zones of most emission roughly coincide with those that receive the least sunlight? -------------------- |
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