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 8 2014, 03:16 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 4-August 14 From: St. Louis, Missouri Member No.: 7230 |
The processed photos released to date all have good contrast and likely have been brightened and stretched to some extent. Have any been processed to show the comet's actual appearance?
I haven't seen much discussion on albedo except mention that 67P/C-G is very dark, as would be expected if much of the nonvolatile remnants on the surface are similar in composition to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Karl |
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Aug 8 2014, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
The processed photos released to date all have good contrast and likely have been brightened and stretched to some extent. Have any been processed to show the comet's actual appearance? The scientist hosting the press briefing refered to the joke about a blank sheet of paper being presented as a drawing of a white cow in a snow storm in saying that he could just about present a totaly black screen as a 'true image' of the comet. |
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