Sentences with phrase «bouncing around the comet»

But the team is wary of upsetting the lander, which came to rest in a precarious position on its side in November after bouncing around the comet in its microgravity environment.

Not exact matches

As the comet traveled across the system, it was deflected by the planets, like a ball bouncing around in a pinball machine, until Jupiter's gravity set its current orbit, Jewitt said.