Current status and scientific capabilities of the ROSETTA Lander payload

被引：9

作者：

Biele, J ^{[1
]}

Ulamec, S

Feuerbacher, B

Rosenbauer, H

Mugnuolo, R

Moura, D

Bibring, JP

机构：

[1] DLR, D-51140 Cologne, Germany

[2] Max Planck Inst F Aeronomy, D-37191 Lindau, Germany

[3] ASI, I-75100 Matera, Italy

[4] CNES, F-31055 Toulouse, France

[5] IAS, F-91405 Orsay, France

来源：

EXPLORATION OF SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE | 2002年 / 29卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00137-0

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

ESA's cornerstone mission "ROSETTA" to comet, 46P/Wirtanen will bring a 100 kg Lander (provided by an international European consortium) with a scientific payload of about 27 kg to the surface of the comet's nucleus. After a first scientific sequence it will operate for a considerable fraction of the cometary orbit around the sun (between 3 AU and 2 AU). The Lander is an autonomous spacecraft, powered with solar cells and using the ROSETTA Orbiter as a telemetry relais to Earth. The main scientific objectives are the in-situ investigation of the chemical, elemental, isotopic and mineralogical composition of the comet, study of the physical properties of the surface material, analyze the internal structure of the nucleus, observe temporal variations (day/night cycle, approach to sun), study the relationship between the comet and the interplanetary matter and provide ground reference data for Orbiter instruments. Ten experiments with a number of sub-experiments are foreseen to fulfil these objectives. In this paper we present the current status of the instrumental development and the scientific capabilities of each of the experiments. (C) 2002 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：1199 / 1208

页数：10

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