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Landing on a comet: A guide to Rosetta’s perilous mission
Gibney, Elizabeth
A graphical guide identifies the dangers ahead for the Philae probe.
Explosive Nucleosynthesis at Strong Stellar Magnetization
Kondratyev, V. N.; Korovina, Yu. V.
Synthesis of iron group nuclides is considered for the ultra-magnetized astrophysical plasma in supernovae. Magnetic modification of nuclear structure is shown to shift maximum of nucleosynthesis products towards smaller mass numbers enhancing titanium yield. The results are corroborated with an excess of 44Ti revealed from the INTEGRAL…
Toward a numerical deshaker for PFS
Kowalski, M.; Schmidt, F.; Giuranna, M. +3 more
The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) onboard Mars Express (MEx) is the instrument with the highest spectral resolution observing Mars from orbit since January 2004. It permits studying the atmospheric structure, major and minor compounds. The present time version of the calibration is limited by the effects of mechanical vibration, currently n…
A Search for Mass Loss from Metal-Poor Field Red Giants using Data from the WISE and AKARI Satellites
Smith, Graeme H.; Bashay, Edward A.
Rendezvous with a comet
Taylor, Matt
After making a successful rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko earlier this year, Europe's Rosetta craft is now riding alongside this celestial body and next month is set to land a probe on its surface. Matt Taylor describes the excitement of this unique project and the scientific insights that it hopes to achieve.
Philae probe makes history as it lands on a comet
Commissariat, Tushna
Space scientists celebrated last month after the European Space Agency (ESA) landed a probe on a comet for the first time.
Velocities and Linewidths in the Network and Cell Interiors of a Polar Coronal Hole Compared with the Quiet Sun
Raju, K. P.; Bromage, B. J. I.
The relative Doppler velocities and linewidths in a polar coronal hole and the nearby quiet-Sun region have been obtained from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)/Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) observations using emission lines originating at different heights in the solar atmosphere from the lower transition region (TR) to the lo…
3D Data Products and Web-GIS for Mars Rover Mission for Seamless Visualisation from Orbit to Ground-level
Willner, K.; Tao, Y.; Muller, J. -P. +4 more
This paper presents a wide range of research and processing results in the area of multi-resolution orbital data co-registration, multiresolution ground 3D reconstruction, and orbit-to-ground data fusion, achieved within the EU-FP7 PRoVisG and PRoViDE project. We focus on three NASA rover missions, MER-A, MER-B, and MSL, to provide examples of aut…
Lander to aim for comet’s ‘head’
Gibney, Elizabeth
Touchdown site for Rosetta probe chosen unanimously.
Philae lander: Rename comet probe after Greek hero
Fisher, Len