{"id":9271,"date":"2014-11-18T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2014-11-18T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T17:01:42","slug":"simulating-the-bouncing-of-the-philae-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9271","title":{"rendered":"Simulating the bouncing of the Philae lander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted about\u00a0<em>SpaceTraveller<\/em>, \u201da solar system simulator and space mission visualizer program\u201d\u00a0\u00a0under development by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.binary-space.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BINARY SPACE<\/a>\u00a0(see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9197\">Simulating Rosetta and Philae with \u2018SpaceTraveller\u2019<\/a>). Here is an animation created with SpaceTraveller showing the Philae lander as it bounces twice on Comet 67P\/C-G. The parameters for\u00a0the first bounce were derived from the Rosetta images released yesterday (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9268\">previous posting<\/a>). The second bounce uses a guess for the recoil velocity. Eventually ESA will find the lander and it will be interesting to see how close this\u00a0simulation came to predicting where Philae settled on the comet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fF6AUUmw79o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For further info on <em>SpaceTraveller<\/em>, contact\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:info@binary-space.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@binary-space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted about\u00a0SpaceTraveller, \u201da solar system simulator and space mission visualizer program\u201d\u00a0\u00a0under development by\u00a0BINARY SPACE\u00a0(see\u00a0Simulating Rosetta and Philae with \u2018SpaceTraveller\u2019). Here is an animation created with SpaceTraveller showing the Philae lander as it bounces twice on Comet 67P\/C-G. The parameters for\u00a0the first bounce were derived from the Rosetta images released yesterday (see previous posting). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9271\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simulating the bouncing of the Philae lander<\/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":[75,40,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-simulators","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2px","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9197,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9197","url_meta":{"origin":9271,"position":0},"title":"Simulating Rosetta and Philae with &#8216;SpaceTraveller&#8217;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"BINARY SPACE,\u00a0which provides the\u00a0Satellite Tracking Tool\u00a0and with whom I work to make the\u00a0Virtual SpaceTV 3D\u00a0animated news reports, is developing a new program called the\u00a0SpaceTraveller,\"a solar system simulator and space mission visualizer program\". This video uses SpaceTraveller to depict the maneuvers of the Rosetta spacecraft at the comet Comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It\u00a0also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/9YHKTX8l_Zs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9238,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9238","url_meta":{"origin":9271,"position":1},"title":"Update on the lander Philae on Comet 67P\/C-G","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The touch down of Rosetta's\u00a0Philae lander\u00a0onto Comet 67P\/C-G was more dramatic than first thought. The lander bounced twice and the first bounce may have been as high as a kilometer from the surface. Where it came down to rest is still not known\u00a0exactly . The three legged spacecraft\u00a0is apparently sitting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"ESA_Rosetta_OSIRIS-NAC_Philae_descent_anim","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.esa.int\/rosetta\/files\/2014\/11\/ESA_Rosetta_OSIRIS-NAC_Philae_descent_anim.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9752,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9752","url_meta":{"origin":9271,"position":2},"title":"Video: SpaceTraveller simulation of MSL&#8217;s seven minutes of terror","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I posted previously about SpaceTraveller,\u00a0a \"solar system simulator and space mission visualizer program\u201d under development by\u00a0BINARY SPACE,\u00a0which provides the\u00a0Satellite Tracking Tool\u00a0here and with whom I work to make the\u00a0Virtual SpaceTV 3D\u00a0animated news reports.\u00a0That post included a video demonstrating a simulation of the Rosetta spacecraft as it maneuvered near Comet 67P\/C-G.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Simulators&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Simulators","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=40"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wyB73_JKWnM\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9759,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9759","url_meta":{"origin":9271,"position":3},"title":"Video: Seminar on the Rosetta Lander (Philae) mission to comet 67P\/C-G","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a SETI Institute seminar by Jens Biele of the German space agency (DLR) in which he talks about the ESA Rosetta\/Philae\u00a0landing on\u00a0Comet 67P\/C-G:\u00a0The Rosetta Lander (PHILAE) mission: landing on comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko -\u00a0SETI Institute http:\/\/youtu.be\/tQLtAp1Aw48 Here is the caption to the video: The Rosetta Lander (PHILAE) mission: landing on comet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/tQLtAp1Aw48\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9226,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9226","url_meta":{"origin":9271,"position":4},"title":"ESA&#8217;s Philae lander touches down on Comet 67P\/C-G","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Congratulations to ESA and the Rosetta team on the\u00a0successful landing of Philae on\u00a0Comet 67P\/C-G\u00a0: Touchdown confirmed for Philae at 17:03 CET\u00a0-\u00a0Rosetta blog Farewell, Philae! - Rosetta blog Farewell, Rosetta! -\u00a0Rosetta blog Rosetta\u2019s lander Philae took this parting shot of its mothership shortly after separation. 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