The location of August 13, 2015. Rosetta – ESA

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On the occasion of the passage of the comet and its Tchouri Rosetta closest to the Sun on Thursday, the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), which participates in this European mission, played along question and answer with Internet users on Twitter. From 9h to 13h, the head of the exploration program of the solar system Francis Rocard and Rosetta project manager for CNES Philippe Gaudon interacted with the public. And because it poses questions that we reporters do not always think, 20 Minutes has selected some nuggets.



1) Comet Halley has inspired the Rosetta mission

é) Rosetta will land on the comet in a year

3) Tchouri die in a few hundred years

4) Several meters from the surface of comet will literally melt

5) Basically, Rosetta had to fly to another comet

6) A good technique to enter orbit

7) Philae tolerates heat

READ. What chances of survival in the coming weeks to Philae?