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from: Kenneth Lettow <[email protected]>
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date: 16 September 2014 08:00
subject: [Jchat] Rosetta Mission choses "J" for Philae landing spot

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29203284

A well chosen name IMHO ;-)

Some excerpts....

The favoured location is identified for the moment simply by the letter "J".

>"It's relatively flat, but there are still some cliffs in this terrain; there 
>are still boulders. So, it's not easy to land on 'J'," explained Philae 
>project manager Stephan Ulamec from the German Space Agency.

More detailed mapping of J and C is ongoing.
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