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You can't tell that from this sequence of photos, since the orbiter was not viewing the descent from directly 'above' the landing site. After releasing Philae,
by chockablock 12y ago
You can't tell that from this sequence of photos, since the orbiter was not viewing the descent from directly 'above' the landing site.
After releasing Philae, Rosetta performed a maneuver to establish a new orbit. There are some nice plots of these trajectories here:
http://www.bis-space.com/2014/11/12/13849/about-landing-on-a-comet http://www.bis-space.com/2014/11/12/13849/about-landing-on-a...