ESAHangout: Where will Philae land?
Join us to talk about the possible landing sites on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for Rosetta’s lander Philae.
The Hangout will also include a live draw for participants who took part in our ‘Rosetta, are we there yet?’ photo contest – watch to see if you win ESA swag!
Our hosts will be joined by:
Fred Jansen – Rosetta Mission Manager and/or Matt Taylor – Rosetta Project Scientist [TBC]
Andrea Accomazzo – Rosetta Flight Director
Barbara Cozzoni and/or Valentina Samodelov – Philae Operations Engineer, +DLR, German Aerospace Center [TBC]
Send us your questions before or during the hangout by posting a comment on this event – or on Twitter using #AskRosetta
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Philaenderer
In August we saw white balls on the surface of the comet.
Now it is clear that it is larger boulders. I think it's not the tops of rocks inside. I think it is a giant boulders that freely 'glide' across the surface of a comet. It is a very dangerous surface.
is the comet really rotating so fast?