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Rosetta's Selfie
This "selfie" was taken by the Rosetta spacecraft on October 7th, when it was about 16 kilometers from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Dust and gas stream away from the comet's curious double-lobed nucleus. Bright sunlight glints off one of Rosetta's 14-meter-long solar arrays. The spacecraft was about 472 million kilometers from Earth at the time.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 16 October 2014 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 16 October 2014 · Colorado Plateau See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2013 Wide-field view of the sky around the distant active galaxy PKS 1830-211 See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2012 The bright star Alpha Centauri and its surroundings See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2007 I Zwicky 18 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2023 ‘S’ is for ‘Spiral’, ‘AB’ is for … ‘Weakly Barred’ See it as a poster -
Released on 16 October 2013 Wide-field view of the galaxy NGC1433 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 16 OCT 2014 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 16 OCT 2014.
Questions about October 16, 2014
What space photo was released on October 16, 2014?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 16, 2014 was "Rosetta's Selfie". It's the card at the top of this page.
What was the Moon's phase on October 16, 2014?
A last quarter moon, about 50% lit.
What day of the week was October 16, 2014?
October 16, 2014 was a Thursday, day 289 of the 365 days in 2014.
Was there a meteor shower on October 16, 2014?
Yes: the Orionid shower, peaks in 5 days.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 16, 2014?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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