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RosettaTour app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7360 ratings )
Photo & Video Education
Developer: AstroCardboard
Free
Current version: 0.9.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Apr 2016
App size: 51.16 Mb

A 3D visualization of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko based on images obtained by the Rosetta mission.

- Orbit around the comet 67 P on-board the ESA Rosetta Spacecraft.
- Click on the comet to pause the rotation.
- Look for the Philae lander located at the bottom of the Rosetta Spacecraft, and when the red light glows, click to trigger its launch towards the comet.
- Look at the presentation to know more about comet C67 and the Rosetta mission. Click to go to the next slide.
- Tilt your phone left to switch the visualization from stereo mode to mono-view mode in case you don’t have access to a Google Cardboard set.

Comet shape model credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM/Mattias Malmer - CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Rosetta shape model: “Eyes on the Solar System” NASA/JPL-Caltech