A sonda Rosetta, que vai a caminho do asteroide 21 Lutetia, e mais tarde vai ter com o cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, vai fazer uma passagem perto da Terra, para ganhar velocidade e ir em direcção aos alvos. A passagem terá lugar no dia 13, de manhãzinha cá. Para nós o vermos de Portugal, temos que olhar para ele no dia 11 e 12, Na constelação da Baleia. Para quem quiser tentar descobri-la aqui ficam algumas dicas vindas do
Horizons da NASA:
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Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag S-brt delta deldot S-O-T /r S-T-O
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2009-Nov-09 20:00 02 06 44.84 -18 29 43.3 n.a. n.a. 0.01907257165453 -9.4127665 142.1594 /T 37.1727
2009-Nov-09 22:00 02 06 43.27 -18 29 57.7 n.a. n.a. 0.01861952395641 -9.4123080 142.1029 /T 37.2440
2009-Nov-10 00:00 02 06 41.63 -18 30 12.2 n.a. n.a. 0.01816649746574 -9.4118831 142.0461 /T 37.3156
2009-Nov-10 02:00 02 06 39.91 -18 30 26.8 n.a. n.a. 0.01771349053640 -9.4114931 141.9890 /T 37.3875
2009-Nov-10 04:00 02 06 38.11 -18 30 41.7 n.a. n.a. 0.01726050145863 -9.4111392 141.9317 /T 37.4597
2009-Nov-10 06:00 02 06 36.22 -18 30 56.7 n.a. n.a. 0.01680752845045 -9.4108233 141.8741 /T 37.5323
2009-Nov-10 08:00 02 06 34.23 -18 31 12.0 n.a. n.a. 0.01635456964741 -9.4105469 141.8161 /T 37.6053
2009-Nov-10 10:00 02 06 32.14 -18 31 27.6 n.a. n.a. 0.01590162309059 -9.4103124 141.7578 /T 37.6787
2009-Nov-10 12:00 02 06 29.93 -18 31 43.5 n.a. n.a. 0.01544868671443 -9.4101218 141.6990 /T 37.7525
2009-Nov-10 14:00 02 06 27.59 -18 31 59.8 n.a. n.a. 0.01499575834628 -9.4099776 141.6399 /T 37.8267
2009-Nov-10 16:00 02 06 25.11 -18 32 16.4 n.a. n.a. 0.01454283568612 -9.4098827 141.5804 /T 37.9015
2009-Nov-10 18:00 02 06 22.48 -18 32 33.6 n.a. n.a. 0.01408991628547 -9.4098403 141.5204 /T 37.9768
2009-Nov-10 20:00 02 06 19.68 -18 32 51.2 n.a. n.a. 0.01363699752622 -9.4098542 141.4598 /T 38.0526
2009-Nov-10 22:00 02 06 16.69 -18 33 09.5 n.a. n.a. 0.01318407659449 -9.4099287 141.3987 /T 38.1290
2009-Nov-11 00:00 02 06 13.50 -18 33 28.5 n.a. n.a. 0.01273115047461 -9.4100681 141.3370 /T 38.2062
2009-Nov-11 02:00 02 06 10.08 -18 33 48.2 n.a. n.a. 0.01227821591449 -9.4102779 141.2746 /T 38.2840
2009-Nov-11 04:00 02 06 06.40 -18 34 08.8 n.a. n.a. 0.01182526937494 -9.4105644 141.2114 /T 38.3627
2009-Nov-11 06:00 02 06 02.43 -18 34 30.5 n.a. n.a. 0.01137230698412 -9.4109352 141.1474 /T 38.4423
2009-Nov-11 08:00 02 05 58.14 -18 34 53.2 n.a. n.a. 0.01091932450557 -9.4113978 141.0824 /T 38.5228
2009-Nov-11 10:00 02 05 53.48 -18 35 17.4 n.a. n.a. 0.01046631728541 -9.4119624 141.0164 /T 38.6045
2009-Nov-11 12:00 02 05 48.41 -18 35 43.0 n.a. n.a. 0.01001328012063 -9.4126415 140.9492 /T 38.6874
2009-Nov-11 14:00 02 05 42.85 -18 36 10.4 n.a. n.a. 0.00956020717316 -9.4134488 140.8807 /T 38.7717
2009-Nov-11 16:00 02 05 36.75 -18 36 39.9 n.a. n.a. 0.00910709190645 -9.4144000 140.8106 /T 38.8576
2009-Nov-11 18:00 02 05 30.02 -18 37 11.8 n.a. n.a. 0.00865392693174 -9.4155150 140.7386 /T 38.9454
2009-Nov-11 20:00 02 05 22.54 -18 37 46.5 n.a. n.a. 0.00820070377272 -9.4168192 140.6646 /T 39.0353
2009-Nov-11 22:00 02 05 14.19 -18 38 24.6 n.a. n.a. 0.00774741263497 -9.4183418 140.5882 /T 39.1276
2009-Nov-12 00:00 02 05 04.81 -18 39 06.7 n.a. n.a. 0.00729404215037 -9.4201199 140.5089 /T 39.2230
2009-Nov-12 02:00 02 04 54.18 -18 39 53.7 n.a. n.a. 0.00684057890710 -9.4222016 140.4261 /T 39.3219
2009-Nov-12 04:00 02 04 42.04 -18 40 46.6 n.a. n.a. 0.00638700693107 -9.4246452 140.3391 /T 39.4250
2009-Nov-12 06:00 02 04 28.05 -18 41 46.7 n.a. n.a. 0.00593330699583 -9.4275316 140.2469 /T 39.5333
2009-Nov-12 08:00 02 04 11.73 -18 42 56.0 n.a. n.a. 0.00547945541916 -9.4309603 140.1483 /T 39.6481
2009-Nov-12 10:00 02 03 52.46 -18 44 16.9 n.a. n.a. 0.00502542284244 -9.4350746 140.0415 /T 39.7712
2009-Nov-12 12:00 02 03 29.36 -18 45 53.0 n.a. n.a. 0.00457117190546 -9.4400673 139.9241 /T 39.9050
2009-Nov-12 14:00 02 03 01.15 -18 47 49.2 n.a. n.a. 0.00411665403827 -9.4462157 139.7925 /T 40.0530
2009-Nov-12 16:00 02 02 25.91 -18 50 13.0 n.a. n.a. 0.00366180438467 -9.4539305 139.6413 /T 40.2207
2009-Nov-12 18:00 02 01 40.63 -18 53 16.1 n.a. n.a. 0.00320653341021 -9.4638467 139.4621 /T 40.4163
2009-Nov-12 20:00 02 00 40.32 -18 57 17.9 n.a. n.a. 0.00275071235699 -9.4770000 139.2410 /T 40.6541
2009-Nov-12 22:00 01 59 15.93 -19 02 52.7 n.a. n.a. 0.00229414597602 -9.4952064 138.9522 /T 40.9596
2009-Nov-13 00:00 01 57 09.34 -19 11 08.6 n.a. n.a. 0.00183651669704 -9.5219603 138.5441 /T 41.3844
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