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Surface elements and landing strategies for small bodies missions - Philae and beyond
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.06.009 Bibcode: 2009AdSpR..44..847U

Ulamec, Stephan; Biele, Jens

The investigation of small bodies, comets and asteroids, can contribute substantially to our understanding of the formation and history of the Solar System. In-situ observations by Landers play a prominent role in this field. The Rosetta Lander - Philae - is currently on its way to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It will land in November 2014 and…

2009 • Advances in Space Research
Rosetta 33
Comparative study of productivity of the Rosetta target Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.01.031 Bibcode: 2009AdSpR..43.1993D

de Almeida, A. A.; Trevisan Sanzovo, D.; Sanzovo, G. C. +2 more

In an attempt to evaluate correlations between several properties of comets we report the results of a cometary research involving a criterious analysis of gas and dust mass production rates in Comets 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (main target of Rosetta Mission), 1P/Halley, Hyakutake (C/1996 B2), and 46P/Wirtanen and make a comparison between them.

2009 • Advances in Space Research
Rosetta 13