Where is #Philae? When will it wake up?
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/01/30/where-is-philae-when-will-it-wake-up
These are the two most popular questions currently being asked of the mission – especially on our social media channels – and ones that we will try to answer in this post, including inputs from the OSIRIS team, and from the Lander Control Centre at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Where is #philae? Ever since Philae touched down on #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the final time on 12 November – it is thought to have come into contact with the #comet’s surface a total of four times including the final #Landing – the search has been on to identify it in images. While the CONSERT instrument has helped to narrow down a 350 x 30 m ‘landing strip’ on Comet 67P/C-G’s smaller lobe, a dedicated search in OSIRIS images has so far not been able to confirm the little lander’s final location. Philae’s (...)
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