Last chance to wave goodbye to the Rosetta disk
November 9th, 02007 by Laura Welcher
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.”
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Posted on November 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am
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
Posted on November 21st, 2007 at 3:06 am
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