Philae will land on the top of the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The 4km-wide area on the 'head' of comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko will serve as a landing point for the Philae probe of the Rosetta spacecraft.

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If successful, a high-risk mission would mark the first time in human history that a human machine had landed on a comet.

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According to Space.com, scientists at the Rosetta mission center in Germany hope the spider-like probe will send valuable information to answer many unanswered questions about the origin. of water on Earth, and even questions about life.

However, experts warn that landing a 100kg probe is just an addition to Rosetta's mission that has been successfully evaluated.

Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko is currently about 440 million kilometers from Earth, and it is expected that Philae will be dropped to the rally point on November 11, when Rosetta is about 10 km away from the comet.

The reason for choosing the location on the comet 'head' is because the steep terrain in this place is tilted to less than 30 degrees, reducing the risk of Philae being turned over during the landing.

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