Dia dhaoibh uilig ar cóiméad!
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) August 6, 2014
The European Space Agency writes:
“After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA’s Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration.”
“Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and Rosetta now lie 405 million kilometres from Earth, about half way between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, rushing towards the inner Solar System at nearly 55 000 kilometres per hour.”
“The comet is in an elliptical 6.5-year orbit that takes it from beyond Jupiter at its furthest point, to between the orbits of Mars and Earth at its closest to the Sun. Rosetta will accompany it for over a year as they swing around the Sun and back out towards Jupiter again.”
Rosetta arrives at comet (ESA)
Still 70,000 light years away from the Delta Quadrant. Fair play tho!
…I know the headline probably wrote itself…but great nonetheless.
A comendable and appreciated effort with the Gaeilge. Close, but not quite. Let’s hope it’s more accurate with it’s grapplers.