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Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE !
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Will the venting not complicate the landing even further?
Quoting: KipKat Yes I think so. As 67P approaches the Sun it gets more and more active so the mid November landing date is a compromise between landing as soon as they have enough available information and landing when the comet is most active. Rosetta itself is going to get into an orbit where its huge solar arrays are not going to act like sails, disrupting the orbit's stability. K
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