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Rosetta – Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System
Dr Ross Burgon, Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University
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Rosetta - Introduction
• First spacecraft to orbit a comet’s nucleus• First spacecraft to fly alongside a comet as it heads towards the inner
Solar System• First spacecraft to examine from close proximity how a frozen comet
is transformed by the warmth of the Sun• First controlled touchdown on a comet nucleus• First images from a comet’s surface and make the first in situ analysis
to find out what it is made of• First European close encounter with asteroids• First spacecraft ever to fly close to Jupiter’s orbit using solar cells as
its main power source
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Rosetta - ScienceTo help understand the origin and evolution of
the solar system
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Rosetta – Spacecraft
Rosetta stats• 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 m (main body)• 32 m solar arrays• 3,000kg mass• 11 instruments
Philae stats• 85 x 85 x 60 cm (main body)• 100kg mass• 10 instruments
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Rosetta – In the UK
Academia
Industry
Government
Educators
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Rosetta – Mission
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Rosetta – what’s happening next?http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/
files/rosetta_info/index.html 14 July
6 August
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www.rosetta.ac.uk
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How can I find out more?• www.rosetta.ac.uk• http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/
• Twitter –@RosettaInTheUK–@ESA_Rosetta