#CometWatch: The challenges of a close flyby
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/02/27/cometwatch-the-challenges-of-a-close-flyby
In today’s CometWatch post, we not only present a previously unseen #navcam image from the close flyby on 14 February, but we also reflect on some of the challenges encountered in operating in this new environment. The image below is a single frame (1024 x 1024 pixel) NAVCAM image taken at 16:12 UT on 14 February, from a distance of about 15.3 km from the surface. The image scale is 1.3 m/pixel and the frame measures 1.3 km across. The image was taken over the Imhotep region on #Comet_67P/C-G's large lobe (see the supporting #Images below for context). Compare it to the frame taken at 14:19 UT to see much of the same region at a different viewing angle, as the comet rotated and spacecraft moved during the two hours between the images. The data acquired during #Rosetta’s close flyby will (...)