10 New Rosetta Images Reveal Comet 67P In All Its Glory 29
sciencehabit writes: The first scientific results from Rosetta at comet 67P have been published, and they detail a surprising diversity of features on the 4-kilometer-long duck-shaped comet. The discoveries include images from Rosetta's main science camera, OSIRIS, which reveal 67P to be a far more varied place than anyone expected.
The article summarizes a trove of scientific papers that were published today about comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The best part? They're all freely available.
duck or... (Score:1)
Re:duck or... (Score:4, Funny)
And is it lighter or heavier than a duck? It might be a witch.
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Re:duck or... (Score:5, Informative)
So, it's heavier than a duck - in fact, since ducks average only a little over a kilogram, and the worldwide population of ducks is likely only on the order of a billion or so, it's heavier than all the ducks in the world put together.
On the other hand, its density implies it would float.
Hmm, I'd recommend burning it, just to be on the safe side. Perhaps the Sun can see to that.
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yet I see only four out of dozens that would be a truly piss poor choice for a raft
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- He's headed for that small porygon!
- That's no porygon. It's a duck.
- It's too angular to be a duck.
- I have a bad feeling about this...
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I'm not saying it was an alien stone duck......... but it was an alien stone duck!
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Yeah, reading the day after, I gotta agree.
life force (Score:1)
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no as I was of that age where I would have been too distracted by the 'nakid boobies' I don't actually remember the plot.
You say that as if there is an age when you're no longer distracted by 'nakid boobies'.
I Wish (Score:5, Insightful)
I remember watching Alan Shepard's launch on a black and white TV in elementary school, and 50 years later we're getting hd pictures back from the surface of a comet.
Sure would like to live another 50 just to see what the hell is coming down the line for us.
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All you need to do is to be rich and gullible [slashdot.org].
Publicly funded.... (Score:3)
Re:Publicly funded.... (Score:4, Interesting)
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Seems a fair trade to me, given the scientists involved has spent anywhere from years to decades working on this project and aren't exactly getting rich in the process.
Um, no. The public avidl
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http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov]
Philae (Score:2)