Agilkia

The Rosetta mission's Philae lander target site on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has been named Agilkia after the island.[1][2] Unfortunately, upon initial touchdown the lander took a huge bounce and then a smaller one before finally coming to rest perhaps a kilometer away from Agilkia.[3] The new site has not yet been named.

References

  1. ↑ Platt, Jane (6 November 2014). "Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown". NASA. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Knapton, Sarah (4 November 2014). "Historic Comet Landing Site Has a New Name: Agilkia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ↑ See article on Philae spacecraft.