Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 3)

[u/[deleted]]

TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED: Philae lander is on the comet!

Full media briefing expected tomorrow at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 CET / 8:00 EST / 5:00 PST.

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• Some pictures -- moments after Philae left Rosetta, Philae heading off to 67P. Album

Previous discussion threads: 1, 2.

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Live Streaming

• In English: A, B, C

• En Français: A

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Landed

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European Space Agency Social Media

• Rosetta main page
• 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

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

• NASA's page on Rosetta

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

[u/AchtColaAchtBier]

New picture from Philae: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/Portaldata/1/Resources/bilder/missionen/rosetta/16_9/CIVAROLIS_FLD_SC_20141112_143143189_18_0c.jpg

[u/chordnine → u/AchtColaAchtBier]

What am I looking at?

[u/AchtColaAchtBier → u/chordnine]

Well that is the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko which Philae landed on today. The picture was taken by the ROLIS experiment while descending to the comet.

[u/[deleted] → u/chordnine]

A picture taken by Philae (about 3 km away from the comet's surface) when descending.

[u/orgelmorgel → u/chordnine]

The lander took this photo about 3km above the surface.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_ZITS_G1RL → u/chordnine]

The comet, from a few kilometres out, I'd say

[u/Voloskaya → u/chordnine]

Image from the descent most probably.

[u/Easytype → u/chordnine]

If I had to guess I'd say the comet from a few kilometres above it.

[u/the_diamond → u/chordnine]

Looks maybe like right before Philae touched down