Editing Rosetta (spacecraft) (section)

=== Naming ===
The probe was named after the [[Rosetta Stone]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosetta |url=https://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/10/17/naming-rosetta-an-interview-with-eberhard-grun/ |website=Naming Rosetta – An interview with Eberhard Grün |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> a [[stele]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] origin featuring a [[decree]] in three scripts. The lander was named after the [[Philae obelisk]], which bears a bilingual Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription. A comparison of its hieroglyphs with those on the Rosetta Stone catalysed the deciphering of the Egyptian writing system. Similarly, it was hoped that these spacecraft would result in better understanding of comets and the early [[Solar System]].<ref name="space20140115">{{cite news |url=http://www.space.com/24292-rosetta-spacecraft.html |title=Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet |publisher=Space.com |first=Tim |last=Sharp |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="esaint20040205">{{cite news |url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Unlocking_the_secrets_of_the_universe_Rosetta_lander_named_Philae |title=Unlocking the secrets of the universe: Rosetta lander named Philae |publisher=European Space Agency |date=5 February 2004 |access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> In a more direct analogy to its namesake, the ''Rosetta'' spacecraft also carried a micro-etched pure nickel prototype of the [[Rosetta Project|Rosetta disc]] donated by the [[Long Now Foundation]]. The disc was inscribed with 6,500 pages of language translations.<ref name="RosettaDisc">{{cite web |url=http://blog.longnow.org/02014/06/06/esas-rosetta-probe-begins-approach-of-comet-67p/ |title=ESA's Rosetta Probe begins approach of comet 67P |work=Long Now |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="RosettaDiscPrototype">{{cite web |url=http://rosettaproject.org/blog/02008/aug/20/very-long-term-backup/ |title=Very Long-Term Backup – The Rosetta Project |last=Kelly |first=Kevin |date=20 August 2008 |publisher=The Rosetta Project |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>