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Published 8 years ago by NotWearingPants with 2 Comments
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Comet from 9 m

This image was taken by Philae’s ROsetta Lander Imaging System, ROLIS 9 m above the Agilkia landing site on the small lobe of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The image was acquired at 15:33:58 GMT on 12 November 2014. The image measures 9.7 m across and the image scale is 0.95 cm/pixel. …

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  • YourTaxGuy
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    I wonder what it would have looked like after the bounce.

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