Philae - landed on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.from Rosetta spacecraft
N 50° 48.576 W 002° 01.966
30U E 568147 N 5629097
The Philae column can be seen in the garden of Kingston Lacey.
Waymark Code: WMMG89
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/16/2014
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The lander is named after Philae Island in the Nile, where an obelisk was found that was used along with the Rosetta Stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The Philae column was taken from the island of Philae in the Nile to Kingston Lacey, a country house in Dorset where it can be seen in the garden.
The lander made it's landing on the comet on 12 November 2014.
Website of the Extraterrestrial Location: [Web Link]
Website of location on Earth: [Web Link]
Celestial Body: Comet
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