Thursday, November 13, 2014

Philae panorama

So, here's the first panorama of Phila's landing spot:


You can see two of the landing gears pretty clearly at about 11:30 and 3:30.  The other one is a bit faint at 7:30.  The fact that we have this image is amazing.  However, as was pointed out by Emily Lakdawalla, the slice from about 12:00 to 2:00 looks like sky.  Either that means Philae is on the edge of a cliff or it's on a slope.  Neither are good places to be when the comet starts to become active again.  Hopefully, they can figure out the harpoons.

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