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General , Fun stuff , coolcomet 14 June, 2011 15:29

Cool Comet campaign: Top 5 and grand winner

The listing of our Top Five entries in the Cool Comet campaign!

#coolcomet 4th place @Axpere: Rare Opportunity to See Extraterrestrial & Truly Tremendous Article. Entrance to dreamworld http://twitpic.com/55xh4q

Image credit: @Axpere via Twitpic - click for full size

Our sincere thanks to all who took part. Judging was very difficult! The complete listing of submisisons is available via TwapperKeeper or here in the blog.

And the Top Five are...

GRAND PRIZE WINNER!

@lilla71

Il simbolo di una bellezza tanto stupefacente quanto fugace che vorresti imprigionare nello spazio e nel tempo

Symbols of a beauty as amazing as fleeting, that you would like to capture in space and time

Top Places - 2nd thru 5th

@JPMajor

Why are comets cool? They're cold as ice, dirty as heck and still think tails are fashionable.

@alessandrocumbo

Rosetta dimostra che le distanze risiedono solo nelle menti ottuse degli uomini, il viaggio è cambiare angolo visivo.

Rosetta shows that distances are only limited by the human mind. Journey enables changing your view angle.

@Axpere

Rare Opportunity (to) See Extraterrestrial (&) Truly Tremendous Article. Entrance to dreamworld is #coolcomet http://twitpic.com/55xh4q

@CometsAhoy

Wondrous marvels, lovely sights / Glowing softly in the night / Bearing ancient molecules / Comets really are so cool / #coolcomet

General , Operations , Fun stuff , Hibernation , coolcomet 11 June, 2011 21:40

Cool comet submissions: Honourable mentions & Made Us Chuckle

This view of Comet Halley's nucleus was obtained by the Halley Multicolour Camera (HMC) on board the Giotto spacecraft, as it passed within 600 km of the comet nucleus on 13 March 1986. Credit: ESA/MPI

{{Final winners and Top 5 to be posted shortly}}

A listing of all #coolcomet Twitter campaign entries ranked by the judges in the 'Honourable mention' and 'Made us chuckle' categories (note 'very rough' EN translation for any entries not in English).

Access details on the campaign via: Take Part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign

Bravo and well done to all those listed below!!!

@kristin_365
@Jrmluque
@M__Lopez
@BuddyWolly
@magisstra
@Johnny_Proxy
@ELDNAstronomy
@AngusMcLulz
@diolor
@EPenguin
@cifvts
@LiiveToWiin

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General , Operations , Fun stuff , Hibernation 08 June, 2011 09:40

Rosetta's lullaby song heard on Earth

A nice little update this morning! Our friend and past ESA blog contributor Bertrand Pinel, from France, sent in this screenshot showing the track of the Rosetta radio signal carrier shortly after the GO/NO-GO decision last night and start of the spacecraft's automated hibernation entry sequence (23:47CEST). Bertrand points out that the start of Rosetta's spin up and the switch off today won't be 'visible' to hsi radio equipment because the probe won't be over Europe when it happens (starting in about 30 minutes).

Bertrand is a keen amateur radio astronomer and always amazes us with what he can achieve with home-made equipment! He's contributed to the Mars Express blog in the past (see pictures of Bertrand and some of his equipment here). Merci, Bertrand...and thanks to ESA's Thomas Ormston on the Mars Express team for passing on the details. -- Daniel

General , Fun stuff 30 May, 2011 15:32

Latest #coolcomet entries

Real-time feed of Twitter updates with the #coolcomet hashtag updates below... view a full archive of all #coolcomet tweets via TwapperKeeper here.

General , Operations , Fun stuff 30 May, 2011 14:22

Take part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign

Do you use Twitter? Are you as intrigued by comets as we are? Then tell us 'Why comets are cool' and you might win a trip to ESA's operations centre in Germany on 15 June to celebrate 25 years of comet exploration.

View all entries via TwapperKeeper here.

On 15 June, ESA will mark a quarter-century of comet science and say (temporarily) 'good night' to Rosetta with a special event at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. One talented Twitter user will be selected to join us as our guest at the event.

Between now and 9 June, you're invited to tell us, via Twitter, why comets are cool. To take part, simply tweet your entry. It must include the "#coolcomet" hashtag, leaving you a mere 130 characters, so brevity is important.

Your tweet may also include a single URL, or weblink, that links to a 'non-text' submission, such as a picture, image, photo, animation, video, audio file or any other sort of digital content. Maybe you can sing a song about comets, and submit a link to a video of you singing in YouTube? (The judges will look unfavourably on any content that takes longer than 3 minutes to view).

We'll review all submissions and our expert judging panel will grade tweets for clarity, wit, humour, scientific accuracy and originality (and, yes, spelling counts).

We'll also publish all submissions in the Rosetta blog. Only one entry will be accepted from each participant; the campaign closes 9 June; the winner will be announced on 10 June.

Full campaign rules, regulations and other small print are available here — please read for full details before tweeting. Judges' decisions are final.

And keep an eye on the sky — you never know what fantastic things you’ll see! -- Daniel