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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 ...
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.
The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States. Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, the 1907 Thor is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor of the first automatic washing machine. Designed ...
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 ...
Comet is an American brand of scouring powders and other household cleaning products manufactured by KIK Custom Products Inc. The brand was introduced in 1956 by Procter & Gamble (P&G) and sold to Prestige Brands in 2001. [ 1] In 2018, Prestige Brands sold the Comet brand to KIK Custom Products Inc. [ 2][ 3] P&G retained the rights to market ...
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.
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 ...
The Xeros Washing Machine is a new kind of clothes washing technology that cleans laundry using primary nylon polymer beads and very little water. The machine releases nylon polymer beads into a main compartment where laundry is washed. These beads are small and super absorbent which allows them to go through clothing to absorb dirt and stains.