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July 29th, 2014
Credit: ESA
After a 10-year journey that has clocked up more than 6 billion kilometers, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft is rapidly closing in on its destination comet.
New images are being provided daily by ESA of Rosetta’s prey: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The official Rosetta arrival at comet date is July 19, 2014 (UTC).
Credit: ESA
A new shape model of comet 67P/C-G, based on the previous week’s images, has been used to create a revised, more detailed model.
This model is a formal product delivered to the Rosetta Orbiter and Lander Teams to aid with their preparations for orbiting around and, eventually, landing the Philae probe on the comet.
Take a spin by looking at:
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/07/28/updated-comet-shape-model/
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