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Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation
November 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm
It landed, then bounced.. in the air (vacuum?) for 2 hours, landed, bounced again then landed again. It is in the shadow of a rock so not enough light is falling on the solar panels, when the battery dies that's it. The pictures show what looks like rock rather than snow, if it had been snow it wouldn't have bounced so high.
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RE: Now: Philae separation from Rosetta, waiting for confirmation - by zebo-the-fat - November 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm

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