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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko nucleus with Philae

by

ESA/ROSETTA/Novapix

Reference

a-com10-00050

Date

2016-09-29

Rosetta's lander Philae has been identified in OSIRIS narrow-angle camera images taken on 2 September 2016 from a distance of 2.7 km. The image scale is about 5 cm/pixel.
Philae's 1 m-wide body and two of its three legs can be seen extended from the body. The images also provide proof of Philae's orientation.
A Rosetta Navigation Camera image taken on 16 April 2015 is shown at top right for context, with the approximate location of Philae on the small lobe of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko marked.