Friday, September 19, 2014

Where Will Philae Land on Comet 67P?


On November 11th, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will dispatch the heavily instrumented Philae lander to an area called "Site J" on one end of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

For details see the article in Sky and Telescope.
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