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Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007

ustrax View Member Profile	Oct 19 2007, 01:32 PM Post #1
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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ustrax Rosetta's Earth Swing-by Oct 19 2007, 01:32 PM

ugordan Cool. I can't wait to NOT get more great image... Oct 19 2007, 01:40 PM

ustrax QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 19 2007, 02:40 PM) C... Oct 19 2007, 01:53 PM

jamescanvin Wow! Maybe I missed it - But I hadn't seen... Oct 19 2007, 02:03 PM

ustrax QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 19 2007, 03:03 P... Oct 19 2007, 02:12 PM

jamescanvin Well, New Zealand - similar but with fewer rings. ... Oct 19 2007, 02:28 PM

climber QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 19 2007, 04:28 P... Oct 21 2007, 08:04 PM

CAP-Team Isn't Rosetta the first spacecraft to visit Ma... Oct 20 2007, 11:23 AM

ugordan QUOTE (CAP-Team @ Oct 20 2007, 01:23... Oct 20 2007, 11:34 AM

elakdawalla I don't know what their release plans are but ... Oct 20 2007, 03:14 PM

tedstryk Does anyone know anything about the geometry of th... Oct 21 2007, 12:36 PM

CAP-Team Closest approach is on 14 november 2007 at about 0... Oct 21 2007, 05:29 PM

IM4 Here goes! 1) Science plans for Rosetta... Nov 5 2007, 11:10 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes Please note that the Minor Planet Center's off... Nov 9 2007, 03:37 AM

gndonald QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 9 2007... Nov 10 2007, 07:53 AM

Paolo QUOTE (gndonald @ Nov 10 2007, 08:53 AM) ... Nov 10 2007, 08:17 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 9 2007... Nov 12 2007, 12:59 PM

elakdawalla Funny! Thanks for pointing that out. --Emil... Nov 9 2007, 04:11 AM

djellison They did some spectroscopy and identified it as Ti... Nov 10 2007, 10:04 AM

nprev Good grief...that's hysterical! Seems as... Nov 10 2007, 07:23 PM

cndwrld Rosetta Blogging I hadn't seen this before, so... Nov 12 2007, 08:29 AM

cndwrld ESB2 Info From the Rosetta Earth Swing-By 2 Maste... Nov 12 2007, 09:38 AM

PhilCo126 Well, this time Earth's flyby is the most impo... Nov 12 2007, 07:21 PM

PhilCo126 The above image dates from 5 years ago, so I'm... Nov 12 2007, 07:38 PM

BrianJ QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Nov 12 2007, 07:21 PM)... Nov 12 2007, 09:35 PM

PhilCo126 Indeed Brian, I just got that trajectory-schedule ... Nov 13 2007, 01:39 PM

ustrax Do you guys the orbit view tool at Rosetta's S... Nov 13 2007, 02:22 PM

PhilCo126 Are they serious? Rosetta mistaken for a near-miss... Nov 13 2007, 05:12 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Nov 13 2007, 12:12 PM)... Nov 13 2007, 07:38 PM

Del Palmer Flyby successful! http://webservices.esa.int/... Nov 13 2007, 11:23 PM

ustrax Images are coming IN! EDITED: You beat me to... Nov 14 2007, 09:08 AM

jamescanvin First images (greyscale nav-cams) are up. http... Nov 14 2007, 09:08 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 14 2007, 09:08 A... Nov 14 2007, 11:56 AM

tuvas QUOTE (tedstryk @ Nov 14 2007, 04:56 AM) ... Nov 14 2007, 01:18 PM

ugordan QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 14 2007, 02:18 PM) In ... Nov 14 2007, 02:17 PM

jamescanvin While we are waiting, here is a slightly improved ... Nov 14 2007, 10:34 AM

Stu If you zoom in on that you can just make out some ... Nov 14 2007, 10:35 AM

Stu First OSIRIS images are up... Nov 14 2007, 03:15 PM

ugordan Looks like they forgot to link to full-res images.... Nov 14 2007, 03:24 PM

djellison I think they learnt the lesson after the Mars flyb... Nov 14 2007, 03:35 PM

ugordan The blog idea is commendable, I was actually surpr... Nov 14 2007, 03:44 PM

volcanopele <Geography nerd mode on> Very cool images, b... Nov 14 2007, 07:17 PM

ngunn QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 14 2007, 07:17 P... Nov 14 2007, 08:31 PM

Paolo And it looks like their Windows does not know Hong... Nov 14 2007, 08:40 PM

ugordan Just for fun... Nov 14 2007, 08:53 PM

John Flushing Rosetta beams back Earth photos after flyby. Nov 15 2007, 03:10 AM

jamescanvin A composite of the OSIRIS crescent and night light... Nov 15 2007, 11:11 AM

ugordan The Moon and Europe - Rosetta OSIRIS images Nov 16 2007, 03:48 PM

edstrick I played with the Earth-crescent image to see how ... Nov 18 2007, 10:43 AM

Stu Nice one Ed! For anyone interested there... Nov 18 2007, 12:48 PM

nprev "Mars’ shifting cinnamon sands shone lantern... Nov 19 2007, 03:34 AM

Stu Thanks for the great review! Glad you like ... Nov 19 2007, 11:02 AM

Stu Rosetta sees Earth... Beautiful, just beautifu... Nov 21 2007, 12:26 AM

djellison I don't know if the ESOC team and the OSIRIS g... Nov 21 2007, 12:30 AM

Stu QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 21 2007, 12:30 AM)... Nov 21 2007, 06:40 AM

volcanopele Here is the image with north up and east to the ri... Nov 21 2007, 12:58 AM

volcanopele QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 20 2007, 05:58 P... Nov 21 2007, 08:05 PM

ugordan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 21 2007, 09:05 P... Nov 21 2007, 08:49 PM

mchan From the other side of the pond, I give ESA ... Nov 21 2007, 06:49 AM

ugordan Very cool image, but I get the feeling they forgot... Nov 21 2007, 12:45 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 21 2007, 12:45 PM) V... Nov 21 2007, 03:37 PM

ugordan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Nov 21 2007, 04:37 PM) ... Nov 21 2007, 04:36 PM

Pertinax What what was the time and date for the full earth... Nov 21 2007, 01:28 PM

helvick Good catch - I'm pretty sure that you are corr... Nov 21 2007, 02:51 PM

Pertinax QUOTE (helvick @ Nov 21 2007, 09:51 AM) .... Nov 21 2007, 05:22 PM

ugordan LOL! Am I really the first one to realize the ... Nov 21 2007, 06:56 PM

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