CASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and survey

被引:18
作者
Bowles, N. E. [1 ]
Snodgrass, C. [2 ]
Gibbings, A. [3 ]
Sanchez, J. P. [4 ]
Arnold, J. A. [1 ]
Eccleston, P. [5 ]
Andert, T. [6 ]
Probst, A. [6 ]
Naletto, G. [7 ,8 ]
Vandaele, A. C. [9 ]
de Leon, J. [10 ]
Nathues, A. [11 ]
Thomas, I. R. [9 ]
Thomas, N. [12 ]
Jorda, L. [13 ]
Da Deppo, V. [14 ]
Haack, H. [15 ]
Green, S. F. [2 ]
Carry, B. [16 ]
Hanna, K. L. Donaldson [1 ]
Jorgensen, J. Leif [17 ]
Kereszturi, A. [18 ]
DeMeo, F. E. [19 ]
Patel, M. R. [2 ]
Davies, J. K. [20 ]
Clarke, F. [1 ]
Kinch, K. [21 ]
Guilbert-Lepoutre, A. [22 ]
Agarwal, J. [11 ]
Rivkin, A. S. [23 ]
Pravec, P. [24 ]
Fornasier, S. [25 ]
Granvik, M. [26 ]
Jones, R. H. [27 ]
Murdoch, N. [28 ]
Joy, K. H. [27 ]
Pascale, E. [29 ,30 ]
Tecza, M. [1 ]
Barnes, J. M. [1 ]
Licandro, J. [10 ]
Greenhagen, B. T. [23 ]
Calcutt, S. B. [1 ]
Marriner, C. M. [1 ]
Warren, T. [1 ]
Tosh, I. [5 ]
机构
[1] Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
[2] Open Univ, Sch Phys Sci, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England
[3] OHB Syst AG, Univ Allee 27-29, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
[4] Cranfield Univ, Space Res Grp, Ctr Autonomous & Cyber Phys Syst, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Beds, England
[5] Rutherford Appleton Lab, STFC RAL Space, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[6] Bundeswehr Univ Munich, Inst Space Technol & Space Applicat ISTA, Neubiberg, Germany
[7] Univ Padua, Dept Phys & Astron, Via F Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[8] CNR IFN UOS Padova LUXOR, Via Trasea 7, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[9] Royal Belgian Inst Space Aeron, Planetary Aeron, Ave Circulaire 3, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
[10] Inst Astrofis Canarias, C Via Lactea S-N, E-38205 San Cristobal la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
[11] Max Planck Inst Solar Syst Res, Justus von Liebig Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
[12] Univ Bern, Inst Phys, Bern, Switzerland
[13] Lab Astrophys Marseille, 38 Rue Frederic Joliot Curie, F-13388 Marseille, France
[14] CNR IFN Padova, Via Trasea 7, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[15] Mineral & Lapidary Museum Henderson Cty Inc, 400 N Main St, Hendersonville, NC 28792 USA
[16] Univ Cote Azur, Observ Cote Azur, CNRS, Lab Lagrange, Nice, France
[17] Tech Univ Denmark, Elektrovej,Bldg 327,Room 122, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[18] Res Ctr Astron & Earth Sci, Budapest, Hungary
[19] MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA USA
[20] Royal Observ, UK Astron Technol Ctr, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[21] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, Oster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
[22] UTINAM Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte, CNRS, UMR 6213, F-25000 Besancon, France
[23] Johns Hopkins Appl Phys Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
[24] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Astron, Fricova 298, CS-25165 Ondrejov, Czech Republic
[25] Sorbonne Univ, Univ Paris Diderot, UPMC Univ Paris 06,Observ Paris, LESIA,CNRS,Sorbonne Paris Cite,PSL Res Univ, 5 Pl J Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France
[26] Univ Helsinki, Dept Phys, POB 64, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
[27] Univ Manchester, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[28] Univ Toulouse, Inst Super Aeronaut & Espace ISAE SUPAERO, F-31055 Toulouse 4, France
[29] Cardiff Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Queens Bldg,5 Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, S Glam, Wales
[30] Sapienza Univ Roma, Rome, Italy
关键词
Main Asteroid Belt; Survey; Flyby; Mapping; Remote sensing; SPACE-TELESCOPE; 21; LUTETIA; ROSETTA; SURFACE; ICE; SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNITUDE; ORGANICS; DENSITY; ORIGIN;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2017.10.021
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
CASTAway is a mission concept to explore our Solar System's main asteroid belt. Asteroids and comets provide a window into the formation and evolution of our Solar System and the composition of these objects can be inferred from space-based remote sensing using spectroscopic techniques. Variations in composition across the asteroid populations provide a tracer for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. The mission combines a long-range (point source) telescopic survey of over 10,000 objects, targeted close encounters with 10-20 asteroids and serendipitous searches to constrain the distribution of smaller (e.g. 10 m) size objects into a single concept. With a carefully targeted trajectory that loops through the asteroid belt, CASTAway would provide a comprehensive survey of the main belt at multiple scales. The scientific payload comprises a 50 cm diameter telescope that includes an integrated low-resolution (R = 30-100) spectrometer and visible context imager, a thermal (e.g. 6-16 mu m) imager for use during the flybys, and modified star tracker cameras to detect small (similar to 10 m) asteroids. The CASTAway spacecraft and payload have high levels of technology readiness and are designed to fit within the programmatic and cost caps for a European Space Agency medium class mission, while delivering a significant increase in knowledge of our Solar System. (C) 2017 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1998 / 2025
页数:28
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