13 September 2019

Video of the day -- the comet


Europe's Rosetta space probe and its Philae lander spent two years studying comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.  This video is assembled from images sent back by the mission.  Yes, you're looking at the landscape of a comet.  (The flat rectangular thing at around 0:40 is one of Rosetta's solar panels.)  Well worth fullscreen.  Found via Miss Cellania.

6 Comments:

Blogger Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Too cool!
Also, why is it that more people are not using Vimeo?

XoXo

13 September, 2019 11:42  
Blogger Evi Erlinda said...

Wonderful video!
The comet seems a piece un-shape rock.

13 September, 2019 13:47  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Sixpence: I wish more people did use Vimeo. It's not healthy for YouTube to have a near-monopoly. I guessmore people use YouTube because it has the biggest established audience, so it's a self-sustaining thing.

Evi: Thanks! Yes, it's so small its gravity isn't strong enough to pull it into a sphere, so it's basically just a big chunk of rock and ice.

13 September, 2019 14:46  
Blogger Victor said...

WOW!

JUST WOW!!!!!!!!

13 September, 2019 19:57  
Anonymous Renard Moreau said...

🙂 Comets are never boring.

I respect them because they are capable of wiping out an entire civilization!

14 September, 2019 02:06  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Victor: It's impressive🙂

Renard: Fortunately our space program is reaching the point where our civilization is capable of wiping out an entire comet, if that eventuality arises.

14 September, 2019 17:04  

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