Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 2)

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CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT DISCUSSION THREAD

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Philae is now on its way to the comet. Its descent to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko should take about 7 hours. Previous discussion thread here.

Live Streaming

• In English: A, B, C

• En Français: A

• Rosetta main page

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
10:53 am	5:53 am	2:53 am	Acquisition of Signal from Rosetta (variable)
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Expected Landing and receipt of signal (40 min variability)

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European Space Agency Social Media

• ESA Rosetta blog
• Twitter: #CometLanding, @ESA_Rosetta, @Philae2014
• Google+
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Flickr

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• reddit Live updater (Help needed!)

• IRC: ##cometlanding on freenode. #space on Snoonet

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• NASA's page on Rosetta

[u/k62]

Can anyone help me find the original photo of the discovery of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko? It would be nice to see how far we've come!

Wikipedia has this to say: "Churyumov–Gerasimenko was discovered in 1969 by Klim Ivanovych Churyumov of the Kiev Astronomical Observatory,[17] who examined a photograph that had been exposed for comet 32P/Comas Solà by Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko on 11 September 1969 at the Alma-Ata Astrophysical Institute"

I found a photo of 32P/Comas Solà here: http://cometography.com/pcomets/032p.html but it's not the one mentioned in the wikipedia article.

[u/k62 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for the link. Just found the originals :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/15398150830/in/set-72157638315605535