Large diameter comet - NOT amateur radio

Southgate News has a report from SpaceWeather.com about a comet that looks as big as the full moon. It is actually quite small, but it comes quite close.

See http://spaceweather.com/

More on the Rosetta mission

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Rosetta.jpg

John Mullins G0TEV has kindly sent me these links:

Hi Roger

I saw your comments on your blog regarding the Rosetta mission and the subsequent landing of Philae. Personally I thought that it was an amazing achievement. I just hope that the lander can be illuminated sufficiently to recharge it’s batteries and carry out further science.

The following URLs may be of interest.

http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding

https://plus.google.com/events/c78o050l93ub7cm4kcoltjnt424

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_media_briefing_replay

http://news.discovery.com/space/philaes-batteries-have-drained-comet-lander-sleeps-141114.htm

Landing on a comet

One cannot help but be impressed by the space probe Rosetta to a comet and the subsequent landing of the Philae probe on the comet's surface.

This week I learned that one our friends was the Project Manager for this at Astrium back in the late 1990s. He is now retired but he was invited back for the landing. I hope they manage to get the lander moved to a better illuminated spot.

I was very impressed.