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APOD: 2014 November 14 – Welcome to a Comet

APOD: 2014 November 14 – Welcome to a Comet

04 de agosto de 2026
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APOD: 2014 November 14 – Welcome to a Comet

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Welcome to a Comet

Explanation: The Rosetta Mission lander is safely on a comet. One of Philae's feet appears at the bottom left of this spectacular image of the surface of C67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Still a happy lander , Philae bounced twice before settling and returning images from the surface, traveling a kilometer or so after initially touching at the targeted site Agilkia. A surface panorama suggests that the lander has come to rest tilted and near a shadowing wall, with its solar panels getting less illumination than hoped. Philae's science instruments are working as planned and data is being relayed during communications windows, when the Rosetta spacecraft is above the lander's new horizon .

Date November 14, 2014
Credit Image Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.

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