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I guess so. The rated power [0] is 32 watts at 3 AU (current distance from sun), and it's getting 10% of that, for 20 minutes a day. (I'm not sure what a "day"
by throwaway_yy2Di 12y ago
I guess so. The rated power [0] is 32 watts at 3 AU (current distance from sun), and it's getting 10% of that, for 20 minutes a day. (I'm not sure what a "day" is; maybe it's the comet's rotational day, which is 12.4 hours).
[0] [PDF file] http://www.dlr.de/dlr/Portaldata/1/Resources/documents/Philae_Lander_FactSheets.pdf http://www.dlr.de/dlr/Portaldata/1/Resources/documents/Phila...
20 minutes per rotational period, does sound like a very narrow sunbeam!