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    Rosetta Ground Trace of Mars Swing-by

    Date: 23 Feb 2007
    Satellite: Rosetta
    Depicts: Polar view of Mars with Rosetta ground trace
    Copyright: ESA

    This view of Mars's northern hemisphere shows the ground trace of Rosetta during the swing-by on 25 February 2007. The spacecraft orbit around closest approach is projected onto the Mars globe for the time between 24 February, 23:49:29 UTC (lower right) and 25 February, 02:30:48 UTC (upper left).

    Red tick marks are spaced at 5-minute intervals, with the smaller dark tick marks denoting intervals of 1 minute.

    The following events are indicated along the track, with their nominal time:

    OS Occultation Start  Rosetta behind Mars as seen from Earth
    CA Closest Approach  At ~250 km above surface
    ES Eclipse Start  Rosetta enters Mars shadow
    OE  Occultation End  Rosetta observable from Earth again
    EE  Eclipse End  Rosetta exits Mars shadow

    Closest approach occurs at 01:54:12 UTC around longitude 298.2° E and latitude 43.5° N.


    Last Update: 24 Feb 2007

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