Dust-to-gas and refractory-to-ice mass ratios of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta observations

M Choukroun, K Altwegg, E Kührt, N Biver… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter reviews the estimates of the dust-to-gas and refractory-to-ice mass ratios
derived from Rosetta measurements in the lost materials and the nucleus of 67P/Churyumov …

Water reservoirs in small planetary bodies: meteorites, asteroids, and comets

CMOD Alexander, KD McKeegan, K Altwegg - Space science reviews, 2018 - Springer
Asteroids and comets are the remnants of the swarm of planetesimals from which the
planets ultimately formed, and they retain records of processes that operated prior to and …

Elemental and molecular abundances in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

M Rubin, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Comets are considered to be some of the most pristine and unprocessed Solar system
objects accessible to in situ exploration. Investigating their molecular and elemental …

Evolution of water production of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: an empirical model and a multi-instrument study

KC Hansen, K Altwegg, JJ Berthelier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We examine the evolution of the water production of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
during the Rosetta mission (2014 June–2016 May) based on in situ and remote sensing …

Evidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles

J Blum, B Gundlach, M Krause, M Fulle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The processes that led to the formation of the planetary bodies in the Solar system are still
not fully understood. Using the results obtained with the comprehensive suite of instruments …

Seasonal mass transfer on the nucleus of comet 67P/Chuyumov–Gerasimenko

HU Keller, S Mottola, SF Hviid, J Agarwal… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We collect observational evidence that supports the scheme of mass transfer on the nucleus
of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The obliquity of the rotation axis of 67P causes …

The Rosetta mission orbiter science overview: the comet phase

MGGT Taylor, N Altobelli… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The international Rosetta mission was launched in 2004 and consists of the orbiter
spacecraft Rosetta and the lander Philae. The aim of the mission is to map the comet …

Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds its dusty mantle to reveal its icy nature

S Fornasier, S Mottola, HU Keller, MA Barucci… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The Rosetta spacecraft has investigated comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from large
heliocentric distances to its perihelion passage and beyond. We trace the seasonal and …

Surface localization of gas sources on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko based on DFMS/COPS data

M Läuter, T Kramer, M Rubin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We reconstruct the temporal evolution of the source distribution for the four major gas
species H2O, CO2, CO, and O2 on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko …

Structure and evolution of the diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

C Goetz, C Koenders, KC Hansen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The long duration of the Rosetta mission allows us to study the evolution of the diamagnetic
cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in detail. From 2015 April to 2016 February …