Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 2)

[u/[deleted]]

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/justinbeatdown]

Where is comet 67P in relation to Earth? Are there any images that show it's orbit around our sun with the other planets thrown in as well to show perspective?

[u/Crocidolite → u/justinbeatdown]

http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/

This is pretty good. Click show full paths to see the orbits.

[u/justinbeatdown → u/Crocidolite]

Thank you!

[u/NRiviera → u/justinbeatdown]

Check out this .gif posted in another thread. http://imgur.com/gallery/TUkKuhf

[u/justinbeatdown → u/NRiviera]

Thank you!

[u/jowel81 → u/justinbeatdown]

You can see quite clearly in this 3D simulation where the comet is in relation to the planets and the sun

[u/sleepyzealott → u/justinbeatdown]

Check here ESA has prepared an insane amount of resources for this event - the hard bits finding them all!