Saturday, November 15, 2014

Philae lander on the comet. Ends his energy – Money.pl

Philae lander has sent more data from a distant comet 67P. However, he ends up energy; batteries went into standby.

The lander on the comet sat down on Wednesday. It stands in the immediate vicinity of the cliff – that is in the shade. The sun falls on the lander only one and a half hours a day twelve of the comet, so its solar panels can produce only small amounts of electricity.

It does not matter – The BBC says British astrophysicist Elizabeth Pearson From the beginning it was planned that the lander will have energy for 60-70 hours to complete all of the most important scientific research. And they were carried out. And all the rest is optional additives .

Experts European Space Agency are trying to regain contact with the lander. Regardless of what happens to him, his parent Rosetta will continue to carry out observations of a comet at close range.

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