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The failure of Philae lander exploration
When Philae landed, joy in the European Space Agency was not the end. The maneuver was successful, but not one hundred percent. Although the lander sent key data, it is not yet clear exactly where it is.
probably stands in the shadow in the mountainside. Sought him recently located near the Rosetta probe, which sent him myself, but the study of the comet surface no results.
Experts must now wait until the sun slowly depleted batteries recharged lander. Then perhaps he will give the person know.
The landing took place 10 years after the start of the Rosetta from the Earth, and it was associated with the risk, because the surface configuration having the dimensions of 3 to 5 kilometers of the comet nucleus was not previously known. The researchers hope that collected and analyzed by the lander’s instruments samples will help expand your knowledge on the origin of planets and life, for the matter of comets forming ice and rocks preserve organic molecules from the ancient past.
Rosetta was launched March 2, 2004 from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. To reach the comet, the probe used to increase the speed of their gravitational fields of the planets, approaching this purpose in 2005-2009 Earth three times and once to Mars. Therefore, with respect to the sun’s trajectory is expanding spiral shape.
Scientists hope that downloaded and analyzed by the lander instruments samples will help expand your knowledge on the origin of planets and life, for the matter of comets forming ice and rocks from the time of formation of the solar system.
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