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Major achievements of the Rosetta mission in connection with the origin of the solar system

Barucci, M. A.; Fulchignoni, M.

Comets have been studied from a long time and are believed to preserve pristine materials, so they are fundamental to understand the origin of the solar system and life. Starting in the early 1990s, ESA decided to have a more risky and fantastic mission to a comet. As Planetary Cornerstone mission of the ESA Horizon 2000 program, the Rosetta missi…