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Listen to Rosetta's comet 'sing': Scientists baffled by mysterious sounds recorded near 67P ...
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 14:37 EST, 11 November 2014 | Ellie Zolfagharifard

Posted on 11/11/2014 7:07:46 PM PST by BenLurkin

Something strange is happening on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko 67P as space engineers prepare for a historic landing: the icy space rock is 'singing'.

The mysterious sound has baffled scientists, who recorded it using a Rosetta instrument originally designed to analyse the comet's magnetic field.

Instead, this instrument picked up a strange bubbling sound which scientists believe was created by a stream of electrically-charged particles.

'This is exciting because it is completely new to us,' said Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier, principal investigator with Rosetta's Plasma Consortium.

'We did not expect this and we are still working to understand the physics of what is happening.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet67p; philae; rosetta
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To: Swordmaker

Well .. that’s what exploration is all about.

You take risks to see if you guess correctly.

That’s exactly what our forefathers did, when they stocked a boat and sailed across the ocean, unsure if the earth was round, or they would fall off into an abyss.

But, God placed this planet in the most perfect spot in the universe. It was perfect because, if we were just a few degrees closer to the Sun we would burn up .. and if we were a few degrees farther away from the Sun, we would be a frozen nothingness like Mars.

This planet was also in the most advantageous spot in the universe, in order TO EXPLORE THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE. I can’t help but wonder if GOD is watching to see if we accomplish our goal.


61 posted on 11/12/2014 7:18:00 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: Jimmy Valentine

“The ghosts of ‘lectricity howl in the bones of her face....”


62 posted on 11/12/2014 7:23:48 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: Swordmaker

I am watching live on the ESA site. Captain Kirk just checked in via Twitter.


63 posted on 11/12/2014 7:30:08 AM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: Swordmaker

Well I guess my bouncing theory wasn’t necessary, the lander planted on the comet first try. Although in my defense, they are trying to “determine” if the landing thruster fired anyway, so even the mission scientists are wondering how it stayed down. Of course, this could be the first part of spinning the fact they did some electrical charge tests on the way down and wanted the bounce possibility available to get the lander away if needed.

No matter what, that comet has got to have a huge charge buildup and those electronics are vulnerable.

Question: cab a charge differential be dissipated by a couple of months of orbiting first, as was done? Or by taking such a long and tortuous route to get there in the first place? I just don’t believe space scientists don’t take this problem into account, no matter what they admit publicly.


64 posted on 11/12/2014 10:31:13 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
Question: cab a charge differential be dissipated by a couple of months of orbiting first, as was done? Or by taking such a long and tortuous route to get there in the first place? I just don’t believe space scientists don’t take this problem into account, no matter what they admit publicly.

Short answer. Yes. It can leak off on a long journey. It is what is happening with a comet, after all. It is just that they have such a large charge from a long journey they have a huge charge to dissipate.

65 posted on 11/12/2014 1:21:42 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Talisker

Additional, the approach to 67P was quite a bit slower than the Deep Impact’s approach which was at 22,000 MPH. LOL! That would give it a lot of time for a slow exchange of charges as the craft approached without a catastrophic bolt.


66 posted on 11/12/2014 1:23:46 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker
HISTORIC LANDING

Bye Rosetta! This image released shows the Philae lander's view of the Rosetta spacecraft 50 seconds after it was released at 08.35am GMT. It is blurry because the probe was rotating at the time


67 posted on 11/12/2014 1:24:41 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum...)
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To: Fred Nerks

The reconstructed-colour image, taken early October, indicates how dark the comet appears.
On the average, the comet's surface reflects about four per cent of impinging visible light, making it as dark as coal

68 posted on 11/12/2014 1:53:36 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2831125/Rosetta-mission-broken-thruster-computer-glitch-scupper-today-s-historic-landing-comet-67P.html

Looks like the Daily Mail doesn’t want images hotlinked. It’s quite a brilliant presentation imo.


69 posted on 11/12/2014 5:39:58 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum...)
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To: Swordmaker

Looks like I retracted my theory too soon - it DID bounce! Twice! LOL!


70 posted on 11/12/2014 11:32:56 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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