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OSIRIS-WAC view of the Moon


Date: 09 November 2009
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: OSIRIS wide-angle camera image of the Moon
Copyright: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

This image of the Moon was acquired with the OSIRIS wide-angle camera (WAC) from a distance of 4.3 million kilometres on Sunday, 8 November at 3:10 UT. At the time, Rosetta was on its inbound trajectory for the mission's third and last Earth swingby, scheduled for 13 November 2009.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
12-Apr-2026 14:12 UT

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