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Philae's Journey - V3.2
A close up view of the guestimated final bounce and touchdown of the Phillae lander on 12th November 2014. Onboard data show the second touchdown only a few metres different in altitude than the final landing spot. It also shows Phillae is still at an altitude above the surface. Phillae is “wedged" several metres above the floor of the crevice.
A previous very viable estimate of Philllae’s position was suggested by Matthias Malmer after he spoted a recurring “Glint” in the NAVCAM movie released before Christmas. It was later judged to be a boulder, probably with an exposed icy surface and this high resolution OSIRIS image confirms this.
Phillae’s little alcove sits just below the boundary of a marked change in terrain appearance. Phillae is sitting in amongst a “flock of Goosebumps” or a “clutch of Dinosaur Eggs”, while just above the crevice the terrain is darker, rougher and fractured. This is the base of the Hatmehit Crater(?) Rim cliffs and seems to have been overlayed on top of the material of the Goosebumps, which may be made up of original, or at least more pristine, accretion material.
NOTE: These are not calculated trajectories or known positions, just an amateur artist’s impression based on the information from the ESA Rosetta Blog.
The original OSIRIS NAC image used for this interpretation can be found at;-
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/01/Philae_above_the...
Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
Philae's Journey - V3.2
A close up view of the guestimated final bounce and touchdown of the Phillae lander on 12th November 2014. Onboard data show the second touchdown only a few metres different in altitude than the final landing spot. It also shows Phillae is still at an altitude above the surface. Phillae is “wedged" several metres above the floor of the crevice.
A previous very viable estimate of Philllae’s position was suggested by Matthias Malmer after he spoted a recurring “Glint” in the NAVCAM movie released before Christmas. It was later judged to be a boulder, probably with an exposed icy surface and this high resolution OSIRIS image confirms this.
Phillae’s little alcove sits just below the boundary of a marked change in terrain appearance. Phillae is sitting in amongst a “flock of Goosebumps” or a “clutch of Dinosaur Eggs”, while just above the crevice the terrain is darker, rougher and fractured. This is the base of the Hatmehit Crater(?) Rim cliffs and seems to have been overlayed on top of the material of the Goosebumps, which may be made up of original, or at least more pristine, accretion material.
NOTE: These are not calculated trajectories or known positions, just an amateur artist’s impression based on the information from the ESA Rosetta Blog.
The original OSIRIS NAC image used for this interpretation can be found at;-
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/01/Philae_above_the...
Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA