APOD: Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P (2016 Sep 12)

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Where is Philae with respect to where it was intended to land? I know that speculation was that Philae drifted into a dark and vertical face nearby after bouncing. However the terrain shown in today's APOD seems far too rugged to have been the intended landing area.

[b][color=#0000FF]Rosetta captured Philae in its first bounce into the large depression Hatmehit [/color][/b]

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[b][color=#0000FF]Rosetta captured Philae bouncing over the large depression Hatmehit [/color][/b]

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Philae touched down close to where it was intended to land just in front of the large depression Hatmehit...



...but it bounced three times
(at 15:34 ,16:20 & 17:20) and
finally ended up on the other
side of Hatmehit at 17:31.