probe landing site on the comet Churyumov-called Gersimenko Agilkia
12 November Rosetta probe must descend to the surface Churbmova rocket-Gerasimenko. Earlier landing pad wore codename J, but now she was given the name Agilkia. So called Egyptian island in the Nile River.
Choose a name experts from many countries. Was held this contest, variants of the name for the landing pad sent 8000 people from 135 countries. Title Agilkia offered to 150 people.
Internet users suggested names in different languages, even in Latin and other ancient languages, as there were many choices of letter abbreviations and numbers.
Rosetta was launched into space in March 2004. In August this year, he met his goal – the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Very soon he will drop a probe “Phil” on the landing pad Agilkia.
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