MOSCOW, November 5 – RIA Novosti. landing pad on the comet P67 / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where 12 November plans to take the descent module Philae spacecraft “Rosetta”, was named Agilkia (Agilkia) in honor Egyptian island on the Nile River, reports AAA.
Earlier this landing site called J.
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Name Agilkia was selected jury composed of members of the Philae Lander representatives of the European Space Agency and the German, French and Italian space agencies. On the competition to select the name for the week was sent about 8000 variants from 135 countries, with the name Agilkia offered more than 150 participants.
As the options were proposed site names in different languages, both ancient and modern, some were even in Esperanto. “There were also some interesting abbreviations curious sequence of digits and onomatopeicheskie options,” – said in a statement.
Created by the European Space Agency apparatus “Rosetta” went into space in March 2004. “Rosetta” in August, met with the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November and landed on its surface research module “Phil” (Philae).
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