Comments on: RIP Rosetta https://habitablezone.com/2016/09/30/rip-rosetta/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2016/09/30/rip-rosetta/#comment-37521 RL Sat, 01 Oct 2016 15:46:00 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=59925#comment-37521 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37518349" rel="nofollow">The last was 20meters</a> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37518349 The last was 20meters

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]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/09/30/rip-rosetta/#comment-37520 ER Sat, 01 Oct 2016 14:15:31 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=59925#comment-37520 Do we have any idea of the scale of these images? I presume the imager is mounted on the spacecraft module that actually made contact with the comet, so I suppose the frames are a sequence of the approach, but I haven't been able to identify any features on multiple images. Also, the last image is out of focus, suggesting the optics were focussed at infinity and it was the last one taken before impact. Then again, the imager may transmit low resolution previews of each image as a contingency. Do we have any idea of the scale of these images?

I presume the imager is mounted on the spacecraft module that actually made contact with the comet, so I suppose the frames are a sequence of the approach, but I haven’t been able to identify any features on multiple images. Also, the last image is out of focus, suggesting the optics were focussed at infinity and it was the last one taken before impact. Then again, the imager may transmit low resolution previews of each image as a contingency.

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