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\nThe Agilkia landing site is seen on this image of Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, taken with Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera on 6 November, just days before its lander Philae makes its historic descent to the surface.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe image presented here is a mosaic of four individual NavCam frames, captured from a distance of 30.5 km from the comet centre on 6 November while Rosetta was en route to the separation trajectory from which it will deploy Philae on 12 November. At this distance, the image scale is 2.6 m\/pixel, and the mosaic measures 3.7 x 3.3 km.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe landing site, covering about one square kilometre, is located close to the top of this image, above the easily recognisable, boulder-filled depression<\/a> that characterises the smaller of the comet\u2019s two lobes. Although it may not seem like it from this image, Agilkia \u2013 previously known as Site J \u2013 presented the least hazardous terrain of all the landing sites considered during the selection process.\n<\/p>\n \nMuch of the surface of the comet is covered in boulders \u2013 some larger than houses \u2013 as well as steep slopes, deep pits and towering cliffs. In the lower part of this image, the narrowness of the neck region connecting the two lobes is emphasised, with the rugged terrain of the larger lobe in the background.\n<\/p>\n \nOn 12 November, Rosetta will release Philae from an altitude of 22.5 km from the comet centre at 08:35 GMT\/09:35 CET, with signals confirming deployment arriving at Earth 28 minutes later.\n<\/p>\n \nPhilae will take about seven hours to descend to the surface, with the signal confirming a successful touchdown expected to arrive on Earth in a one-hour window centred on 16:02 GMT\/17:02 CET.\n<\/p>\n \nFollow the landing events live via esa.int\/rosetta<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nThe four individual images making up this mosaic are available via the blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nThe Agilkia landing site is seen on this image of Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, taken with Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera on 6 November, just days before its lander Philae makes its historic descent to the surface.\n<\/p>\n \nThe image presented here is a mosaic of four individual NavCam frames, captured from a distance of 30.5 km from the comet centre on 6 November while Rosetta was en route to the separation trajectory from which it will deploy Philae on 12 November. At this distance, the image scale is 2.6 m\/pixel, and the mosaic measures 3.7 x 3.3 km.\n<\/p>\n \nThe landing site, covering about one square kilometre, is located close to the top of this image, above the easily recognisable, boulder-filled depression<\/a> that characterises the smaller of the comet\u2019s two lobes. Although it may not seem like it from this image, Agilkia \u2013 previously known as Site J \u2013 presented the least hazardous terrain of all the landing sites considered during the selection process.\n<\/p>\n \nMuch of the surface of the comet is covered in boulders \u2013 some larger than houses \u2013 as well as steep slopes, deep pits and towering cliffs. In the lower part of this image, the narrowness of the neck region connecting the two lobes is emphasised, with the rugged terrain of the larger lobe in the background.\n<\/p>\n \nOn 12 November, Rosetta will release Philae from an altitude of 22.5 km from the comet centre at 08:35 GMT\/09:35 CET, with signals confirming deployment arriving at Earth 28 minutes later.\n<\/p>\n \nPhilae will take about seven hours to descend to the surface, with the signal confirming a successful touchdown expected to arrive on Earth in a one-hour window centred on 16:02 GMT\/17:02 CET.\n<\/p>\n \nFollow the landing events live via esa.int\/rosetta<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n