{"id":8465,"date":"2014-08-03T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8465"},"modified":"2014-08-03T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T01:34:13","slug":"rosetta-nears-its-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8465","title":{"rendered":"Rosetta nears its comet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\" target=\"_d\">Rosetta<\/a>\u00a0is getting closer and closer to comet\u00a0<span style=\"color: #031e31;\">t 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko (or 67P\/C-G):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Operations\/How_Rosetta_arrives_at_a_comet\" target=\"_d\">How Rosetta arrives at a comet &#8211; ESA<\/a>. \u00a0The spacecraft will slow down on Wednesday, August 6th and maneuver to go into orbit around the object.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">From a 1000 km on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/rosetta\/2014\/08\/02\/comet-at-1000-km\/\" target=\"_d\">Comet at 1000 km | Rosetta &#8211; ESA&#8217;s comet chaser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/network\/news\/space\/home\/spacenews\/files\/080214_rosetta.html#unique-entry-id-743\" target=\"_d\">Rosetta&#8217;s comet coming into focus &#8211; Bill Harwood\/CBS News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8466\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,812\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sfh_CG_1000km-1024&amp;#215;812\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8466\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sfh_CG_1000km-1024x812-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The temperature is higher than expected, which meanst there is probabaly\u00a0little if any pure ice on the surface:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\/Rosetta_takes_comet_s_temperature\" target=\"_d\">Rosetta takes comet\u2019s temperature &#8211;\u00a0ESA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is another view:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/rosetta\/2014\/08\/03\/cometwatch-2-august\/\" target=\"_d\">CometWatch \u2013 2 August | Rosetta &#8211; ESA&#8217;s comet chaser<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8467\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8467\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05.jpg\" alt=\"ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140802_cropped_interpolatedx5_g05-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosetta\u00a0is getting closer and closer to comet\u00a0t 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko (or 67P\/C-G):\u00a0How Rosetta arrives at a comet &#8211; ESA. \u00a0The spacecraft will slow down on Wednesday, August 6th and maneuver to go into orbit around the object.\u00a0 From a 1000 km on Comet at 1000 km | Rosetta &#8211; ESA&#8217;s comet chaser Rosetta&#8217;s comet coming into focus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8465\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rosetta nears its comet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2cx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8579,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8579","url_meta":{"origin":8465,"position":0},"title":"More Rosetta photos of comet 67P\/C-G","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Rosetta\u00a0returns more great pictures of the comet\u00a0t 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko:\u00a0 *\u00a0CometWatch \u2013 12 August | Rosetta - ESA's comet chaser Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 12 August 2014 from a distance of about 103 km from comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. 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