Near and far – #CometWatch 28 March-2 April
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/04/08/near-and-far-cometwatch-28-march-2-april
CometWatch is back with two #Images, to offer a taste of #Rosetta's trajectory in the past couple of weeks. The first of today’s entries is a 2x2 montage of #navcam images obtained on Saturday 28 March from a distance of 31.3 km from the centre of #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. These images were taken as #rosetta departed from the #comet, almost seven hours after its close flyby 14 km from the surface of 67P/C-G. In this view, the small lobe of the comet can be seen in the foreground, with the circular depression in the #hatmehit region well visible in the lower left frame. The large comet lobe is seen in the distance, with portions of the Seth and Ash regions dominating the two right frames. After the 28 March flyby, Rosetta encountered some navigation issues that that resulted in it (...)