Tag: Philae
Celebrating a year at the comet
ESA’s Rosetta mission today celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away.
It’s been a...
Rosetta: preparing for perihelion
Perihelion basics
What is perihelion exactly?
Perihelion is the closest point a Solar System object gets to the Sun along its orbit (aphelion is the term...