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ORIGO: A mission concept to challenge planetesimal formation theories

Mottola, Stefano; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste; Thomas, Nicolas +12 more

Comets are generally considered among the most pristine objects in our Solar System. There have thus been significant efforts to understand these bodies. During the past decades, we have seen significant progress in our theoretical understanding of planetesimal/cometesimals (the precursors of comets) formation. Recent space missions—such as ESA's …