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Philae ( / ˈfaɪliː / [ 6] or / ˈfiːleɪ / [ 7]) was a robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft [ 8][ 9] until it separated to land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, ten years and eight months after departing Earth. [ 10][ 11][ 12] On 12 November 2014, Philae touched down on the comet, but it bounced ...
A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing. Modern-day home appliances use electric power to automatically clean clothes. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids and is performed by ...
Rosetta was the first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus, [ 51 ] and was the first spacecraft to fly alongside a comet as it headed towards the inner Solar System. It became the first spacecraft to examine at close proximity the activity of a frozen comet as it is warmed by the Sun.
Top-Load Washer with Deep Water Wash. A full-size, high-efficiency washing machine for under $600 isn’t easy to find, but this model from Whirlpool checks all the boxes. The top-loading machine ...
Often characterized as an electric jeepney (e-jeep) in the Philippines, the City Optimized Managed Electric Transport (COMET) was designed specifically to fulfill the public transportation needs of Metro Manila, as a potential replacement for traditional open-air jeepneys, which are also noted as a major contributor to air pollution in the metropolis.
C/2014 UN 271 is the second-largest known comet, being only behind 95P/Chiron. Radio thermal emission measurements by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in 2021 estimate a maximum diameter of 137 ± 17 km (85 ± 11 mi) for C/2014 UN 271 's nucleus, assuming negligible contamination of the nucleus's thermal emission by an unseen dust coma ...
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, [16] appearing every 72–80 years. [17] It last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061. Officially designated 1P/Halley, it is also commonly called Comet Halley, or sometimes simply Halley.
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large windows.