The European Space Agency’s Rosetta robotic spacecraft, currently in orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, recently took these amazing close-up pictures of C-G’s surface. Check them out:
New view of #67P, 7.8 km from the surface http://t.co/uoSD6EbMOx #CometWatch pic.twitter.com/VCZB1WufK3
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) October 20, 2014
Well, we guess those rocks (bottom right photo) do look a little like sheep:
@ESA_Rosetta Wow. I can see sheep grazing #imagination #sheepinspace
— Phil (@Blackbirds1632) October 20, 2014
@ESA_Rosetta there are sheep on the hillside 🙂
— ????+ ?? (@Dakeb_MCFC) October 20, 2014
@Blackbirds1632 @ESA_Rosetta Sheep may safely graze…
— Andrew Porter (@Retropz) October 20, 2014
More photos:
Thoroughly incredible close-up images of comet, taken by @ESA_Rosetta space probe. http://t.co/OuxSgQYsTa pic.twitter.com/UqHuAUggcw
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 21, 2014
This is the closest you'll ever get to standing on a comet. Latest images from Rosetta: http://t.co/hqSCiCB2KP pic.twitter.com/OtD9ZzXLq0
— Mashable (@mashable) October 21, 2014
Rosetta's #Comet Mission incl' First #Space Probe #selfie http://t.co/21Okr70yPl (via @MHD_Studio) @CreativeReview pic.twitter.com/YDQy2J0FkU
— D Conran (@d_conran) October 21, 2014
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"Windswept" peaks on Comet #67P – Rosetta NavCam image from Oct. 18 pic.twitter.com/flY8aYrvXs
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) October 21, 2014
The next phase of Rosetta’s continuing mission to boldly go where no robot has gone before is to send a another robotic probe — Philae — to the surface of C-G to take more photographs and attempt to determine what the heck this comet is really made of. Philae’s historic landing is currently scheduled for November 12.
And there’s even a contest to name Philae’s landing site!
Your Help Wanted to Name Rosetta Mission's Comet Landing Site http://t.co/ELmCZL8Vns pic.twitter.com/VzhrPyNqPB
— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) October 20, 2014
Our suggestion: Icy rock base 1. Yours?
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