Slide 1Astronomical works with students Irina GUSEVA St Petersburg - Central (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences - St Petersburg State University,…

1.Kuiper Belt/ Oort Clouds Objects By: Sheena Cherian and Catherine Brennan 2. ● A Dutch-American astronomer named Gerard P. Kuiper first proposed the idea of the Kuiper…

1.The Solar System Section I The Solar System2. Ideas about the night sky have changed over time Earth-centered model – early Greeks thought planets, Sun, Moon, and stars…

1. rosetta→ PRESS KIT12 NOVEMBER 2014LANDING ON A COMETESA/ATG medialabMedia servicesMission factsHighlightsSelecting a landing siteLanding on a cometRosetta in…

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Philaeprobe made history on November 12when it managed to land on a comet, the very first Earth-made machine to do so. The probe, which…

1. SONC Flight Dynamics Team T.Martin , E.Jurado, A.Blazquez, E.Canalias (CNES), R.Garmier,T. Ceolin (CS-SI) Use of Scilab for the Philae landing on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko…

Comet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 September 2015. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the astronomical…

Slide 1 Rosetta – Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System Dr Ross Burgon, Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University Slide 2 Rosetta - Introduction First spacecraft…

Comets Hale-Bopp Stardust Spacecraft Comet Wild-2 Keplerâs discovery of the elliptical nature of orbits helped pave the way for a better understanding of cometary motion.…

Module 17: Ice Worlds Activity 2: Comets Summary: In this Activity the main topics covered will be: (a) observing comets; (b) comets and the Dirty Snowball Model; (c) structure…