Last chance to wave goodbye to the Rosetta disk

November 9th, 02007 by Laura Welcher

Rosetta Craft

Get out your telescopes!

From www.spaceweather.com:

“Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is rapidly approaching Earth for a close flyby on Nov. 13th. The gravity assist maneuver, bringing the probe only 5301 km above the Pacific Ocean, will fling Rosetta toward its 10-year destination: Comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Amateur astronomers with mid-sized backyard telescopes and CCD cameras can observe the approach; Rosetta is a 18th magnitude speck of light in the constellation Lynx: ephemeris.”

This entry was posted on Friday, November 9th, 02007 at 4:40 pm and is filed under Rosetta.

  • http://webservices.esa.int/page.php Daniel Scuka

    Quick note: we’ll blog the swing-by direct from ESOC, Rosetta’s control centre, so do check back often for updates.

    Rosetta blog: http://webservices.esa.int/page.php

  • http://alcolab.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/rosetta-disk-up-there/ Rosetta disk up there « Words and more spoken words

    [...] spacecraft recently flew by our planet, which gave us one “last chance to wave goodbye to the Rosetta disk.” [...]

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