Rosetta Update at Ewell Astronomy Society

Nonsuch astronomers were delighted to welcome Matt Taylor of the European Space Agency to update us all on the Rosetta Mission to comet 67P.


Ewell Astronomy Society were fortunate to have a detailed and entertaining update on the findings of the mission, so far.


We look forward to hearing further findings and the results of the controlled crash later in the year.


Top 5 facts:


1. Comet 67P is 4km in diameter
2. Jumping 4cm on the surface would mean you will not return to the surface
3. Philae bounced 1km on landing
4. There is a variety of elemental and molecular chemistry, with exciting announcements due.
5. It does have the shape of a rubber duck!











Many thanks to Matt and Ewell Astronomy Society, especially for the model of 67P that the astronomers will be proudly displaying.


A great night!

Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor, British scientist with the European Space Agency will be visiting as a guest of Ewell Astronomy Society on Wednesday 10th February at 8pm.


He will be sharing his experiences of the Rosetta Mission to land on and analyse comet 67P. We hope he will share how the data returned is being processed and the conclusion so far.

New images of Pluto

Before New Horizons the Hubble Space Telescope showed us the detail of Pluto's dark spot:





After New Horizons we discovered so much more detail of Pluto, including these icy mountains which gave scientists many new puzzles to consider how they were formed.