CometWatch – 16 August

Rosetta navigation camera (NAVCAM) image taken on 16 August 2014 at a distance of about 93.5 km from comet 67P/C-G.

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 16 August 2014 from a distance of about 93.5 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM

Discussion: 6 comments

Sean Posted on 17/08/2014 at 14:56

I’d be glued to this on a live channel if it were possible!

Is the camera kept pointing at the comet full time, or is it actively pointed for each picture?
raymundo dionicio Posted on 17/08/2014 at 15:10

This in a new close up
for this angle
🙂
- raymundo dionicio Posted on 17/08/2014 at 15:31
  
  This snapshot is really beautiful.
  Thanks to NAVCAM team.
raymundo dionicio Posted on 17/08/2014 at 15:26

Could we admit
some 90º geometries?
raymundo dionicio Posted on 18/08/2014 at 01:49

If so
then visiting comets have
some kind of directionality.

Not just random.
lunogram Posted on 18/08/2014 at 13:49

My attempt of making a video that demonstrates comet rotation based on stereo images posted on 14/08/2013:

https://instagram.com/p/r1Z1a8vDmt