Landing site J
Landing site J
Landing site J is very similar to site I – this landing site also sits on the smaller comet lobe, has interesting surface features and good lighting. This landing site is the most favourable for the CONSERT experiment, which will probe the comet’s interior by studying radio waves that are reflected and scattered by the nucleus. This landing site is more favourable than landing site I. However, since there are some boulders and terracing features, higher-resolution camera images will be necessary to study the terrain in detail. This image was acquired by the OSIRIS camera on Rosetta from a distance of 100 kilometres on 16 August 2014. The resolution is approximately 1.85 metres per pixel.
