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Rosetta Radio Science Investigations: Gravity Investigations at Comet P/Wirtanen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Pätzold ,
F.M. Neubauer ,
A. Wennmacher ,
K. Aksnes ,
J.D. Anderson ,
S.W. Asmar ,
M. Tinto ,
B.T. Tsurutani ,
D.K. Yeomans  and
J.-P. Barriot
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M. Pätzold
Affiliation:
Institut für Geophys. und Meteorologie, Universität zu Köln Köln, Germany
F.M. Neubauer
Affiliation:
Institut für Geophys. und Meteorologie, Universität zu Köln Köln, Germany
A. Wennmacher
Affiliation:
Institut für Geophys. und Meteorologie, Universität zu Köln Köln, Germany
K. Aksnes
Affiliation:
Inst. for Theoretical Astrophys., Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
J.D. Anderson
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
S.W. Asmar
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
M. Tinto
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
B.T. Tsurutani
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
D.K. Yeomans
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
J.-P. Barriot
Affiliation:
GRGS/GTP, ONES, Toulouse, France
M.K. Bird
Affiliation:
Radioastronomisches Inst., Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
H. Boehnhardt
Affiliation:
Universitätssternwarte, Univ. München, München, Germany
E. Gill
Affiliation:
German Space Operat. Cent., DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
O. Montenbruck
Affiliation:
German Space Operat. Cent., DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
E. Grün
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
B. Häusler
Affiliation:
Institut füir Raumfahrttechnik, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany
W.H. Ip
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Inst. für Aeronomie, Kaltenburg-Lindau, Germany
N. Thomas
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Inst. für Aeronomie, Kaltenburg-Lindau, Germany
E. A. Marouf
Affiliation:
Dep.of Electr. Engineer., San Jose State Univ., San Jose, USA
H. Rickman
Affiliation:
University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
M.K. Wallis
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University Cardiff, Wales, UK
N.C. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University Cardiff, Wales, UK

Abstract

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The Rosetta Radio Science Investigations (RSI) experiment was selected by the European Space Agency to be included in the International Rosetta Mission to comet P/Wirtanen (launch in 2003, arrival and operational phase at the comet 2011–2013). The RSI science objectives address fundamental aspects of cometary physics such as the mass and bulk density of the nucleus, the gravity field, non-gravitational forces, the size and shape, the internal structure, the composition and roughness of the nucleus surface, the abundance of large dust grains and the plasma content in the coma and the combined dust and gas mass flux on the orbiter. RSI will make use of the radio subsystem of the Rosetta spacecraft.

Type
Solar System Dynamics
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 165: Dynamics and Astrometry of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies , 1997 , pp. 141 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997

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