The separation module is scheduled around 09.03 GMT and landing should occur around seven hours later.
In fact, from 19.35 GMT will be making a series of checks that will serve to give final green light to the mission when a final maneuver to occur between 0635 and 07.35 GMT tomorrow to place Rosetta in the best position to Philae is on good path toward the comet.
The landing point, baptized Agilkia has a square kilometer and is located near a depression filled with rocks that characterize the smaller of the two lobes of the comet.
This is one of the areas with less rugged terrain of among all the options considered during the selection process right place.
Most of the comet’s surface is covered with rocks-some the size of a home- and steep slopes, deep pits and big cliffs.
The module has its own autonomy about two and a half days, after which their survival will be linked to the ability to recharge its solar panels, there are no dependent stained by dust given off by the comet.
What is Rosetta
Rosetta is the first mission designed to orbit and land on a comet, in this case 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The probe consists of the orbiter, which has eleven scientific experiments, and a lander named Philae.
This probe is named after the stone Rosetta , found in Egypt in 1799 and it was important to decipher the meaning of the hieroglyphs. Similarly, scientists hope Rosetta unlock the mysteries of how our solar system evolved.
What books has continued Rosetta
The probe followed a complex path from which was launched into space on March 2, 2004. Since then he has five turns around the sun, has made three gravity assist maneuvers with Earth and Mars to gain speed-this step will served impulse. The objective, achieving a similar comet where it will rest morning orbit. On the way to their target, the probe flew over and photographed two asteroids. Steins, the September 5, 2008, and Lutetia, on July 10, 2010
In July 2011 Rosetta went into hibernation for exploring the stretch loneliest and cold trip, when it was about 800 million miles from the sun. His inner alarm went off at 10:00 GMT on 20 January 2014. He found his kite in August, that “it is a success,” according to scientists. The comet and Rosetta were then 405 million miles from Earth.
What Philae is?
This is the module that will disengage from morning Rosetta with the direction of the 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko (discovered in 1969), whose floor is “grab” by a harpoon for three months, in order to search out. Philae, which is named after an Egyptian temple, measuring 1.3 x 1.5 meters deployed and weighs about 100 kilograms. Porta a drill to take samples and analyze direct in their chemical laboratories.
Where Philae will land?
At first various time points were shuffled possible for Philae landing on the comet module. Finally point “J” now dubbed Agilkia after a contest, was chosen for its good lighting and because it has a fairly flat surface.
How is the tour
Philae will come off Rosetta at 9:35 pm (CET) at a distance of 22.5 kilometers of 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which come seven hours later. In the final part of the descent Philae send images back to Earth.
When Philae will communicate with earth?
Scientists estimate that it will about 17:00 (CET). Expect perch on the comet at 16:30 pm (CET) and the signal take to reach Earth some 28 minutes and 20 seconds.
Why land on a comet?
Having data Philae comet which will command Rosetta and Rosetta to the Earth is important because these are the most primitive objects.
Rosetta help you discover whether comets were involved in the formation of life on Earth. These carriers of complex organic molecules, brought to Earth by numerous impacts, and who may have had a role in the origin of life. In addition, light and volatile elements carrying comets might also have played a role in the formation of the oceans and the atmosphere of the Earth.
Did you just mission with landing Rosetta?
No. Tomorrow is a big day for the mission, but not alone. It is expected that Rosetta last until late 2015 or early 2016 and the aim is that it can ‘pursue’ the comet on its path towards the sun: estimated probe next August will be at its closest point to the star.
What is the mission?
About 1,300 million (with the participation of Spanish institutions and companies such as Alcatel Space, CASA, Crisa, Sener and Technology), who participated in two of the eleven scientific instruments of the mission, Osiris and Giada .
What is done from the ESA headquarters in Spain?
From here, where full-time Rosetta people working 25 -11 Spaniards, scientific observations of the mission are coordinated and a file is done with scientific data, which is open to entire research community.
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