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Philae Comet Lander Has Been Found

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday September 06 2016, @01:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-under-the-wire dept.

nishi.b writes:

The BBC reports that Philae, the lander of the Rosetta probe on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko has been located in a high-resolution image from Rosetta.

It was assumed Philae had bounced into a dark ditch on touchdown - an analysis now borne out by the latest pictures, which were acquired from a distance of 2.7km from the icy body.

[...] Rosetta had previously surveyed this location - dubbed Abydos - without success. "Candidate detections" were made but none were very convincing.

The difference today is a closer-in perspective and a change in the seasons on the comet, which means the hiding place is now better illuminated. The discovery comes just a few weeks before controllers plan to crash-land Rosetta itself on to the comet to formally end its mission.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @02:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @02:04AM (#397944)

    ...et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @06:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @06:47AM (#397997)

    In principio erat verbum.

    • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:58AM

      by wonkey_monkey (279) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:58AM (#398009) Homepage

      Liberate tuteme ex inferis!

      --
      systemd is Roko's Basilisk

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:43PM (#398258)

        Mea Braccae sunt igni. Da mihi CC Dinar.

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 06 2016, @08:27AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @08:27AM (#398012) Journal

      Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, you damn barbarian Romans!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:46PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @07:46PM (#398261)

        Είναι αυτός ο τρόπος για να Cirencester , νεαρός άνδρας ;

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @10:53PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @10:53PM (#399395)

          Ιβ γοτ α λοβελι βυνχ οφ κοκονυτς