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PostSubject: Spacecraft Rosetta arrives at Comet 67-P after decade-long journey   Spacecraft Rosetta arrives at Comet 67-P after decade-long journey Icon_minitimeThu Aug 07, 2014 1:14 am

After more than 10 years travelling 6.4-billion kilometres on a road trip around the solar system, the spacecraft Rosetta has "arrived" at its destination, a distant comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

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About 7pm local time on Wednesday, the European Space Agency's comet chaser came within 100 kilometres of the surface of Comet 67-P, which is hurtling around the Sun at up to 135,000km/h.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/spacecraft-rosetta-arrives-at-comet-67p-after-decadelong-journey-20140806-100gux.html
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