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april_22 | 3 years ago

Even the Rosetta/Philae images of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko are out of this world!

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Rosett...

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dylan604|3 years ago

From that link:

Launch: 2 March 2004

Mission end: 30 September 2016

Then, a bit lower on the page: 786 days in space

Huh? Anyone got insights on what type of math was used here? Is there mm/inch type conversion problem? Am I just dumb? 12 years * 365 > 786.

avian|3 years ago

786 days is time spent in the vicinity of the comet. From 6 August 2014 (arrival at comet) to 30 September 2016 (mission end).