Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2015

40 SMALL BODIES The adventuresome Philae landing on the nucleus of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has partly compromised its mission, due to the unexpected impossibility to re- charge its batteries. While waiting for the probe’s possible return to activity, plentiful are the discover- ies made in the two and a half days in which it was able to analyze the comet. Waiting for Philae’s reawakening MAY-JUNE 2015