Philae

American  

[fahy-lee] / ˈfaɪ li /

noun

1. an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.

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Philae British  

/ ˈfaɪliː /

noun

1. an island in Upper Egypt, in the Nile north of the Aswan Dam: of religious importance in ancient times; almost submerged since the raising of the level of the dam

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Example Sentences

And in 2014, the Rosetta space probe dropped a robotic module named Philae on the comet called 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko — the first controlled touchdown on a comet nucleus.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

Philae, which landed in a shadow and quickly lost power as its solar cells failed, rides aboard 67P still.

From Time • Oct. 25, 2017

On November 12, 2014, the Philae lander was dropped, descending slowly for 7 hours before gently hitting the surface.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

It is also possible, however, that the command – routed through the Rosetta spacecraft orbiting the comet – will never even reach Philae.

From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2016

The transliteration of a cartouche of Ptolemy from the Rosetta stone and one of Cleopatra from the Philae obelisk.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan