Fig. 1

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Shape model of the nucleus. The colored dots show the intersection of the straight lines joining the Rosetta orbiter to the lander with the surface of the nucleus shape model. The black dot is the location of Philae. The green dots correspond to the soundings that were performed close to the grazing angle configuration used for the study. The white arrow shows the evolution with time of the sounding locations.

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