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2024-12-02 08:31:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A682A4D592C455F4860DEA34225A5BDC6221BF82BDA0BECBCBB11CCF106C7ED3
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Original Note:
Incorrect. This image was taken in Dec 2014, when the comet was approx 3.5AU from Earth, that's approx 520 million km, about Half the distance quoted here. The furthest distance during Whole mission was approx 740 million. Earth distance plot here, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Red-Rosetta-Earth-distance-for-the-years-2014-2016-Blue-Green-Bitrate-information_fig3_312926362 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2014/12/Comet_on_10_December_2014_NavCam
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