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 …

Unexpected and significant findings in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: an interdisciplinary view

M Fulle, N Altobelli, B Buratti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
ESA's Rosetta Mission has followed Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from 3.6 au
inbound to 3.6 au outbound. Many results are largely unexpected, as compared to previous …

Summer fireworks on comet 67P

JB Vincent, MF A'Hearn, ZY Lin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
During its 2 yr mission around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, ESA's Rosetta
spacecraft had the unique opportunity to follow closely a comet in the most active part of its …

67P/CG inner coma dust properties from 2.2 au inbound to 2.0 au outbound to the Sun

V Della Corte, A Rotundi, M Fulle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract GIADA (Grain Impact Analyzer and Dust Accumulator) on-board the Rosetta space
probe is designed to measure the momentum, mass and speed of individual dust particles …

Spatial variations of brightness, colour and polarization of dust in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

VK Rosenbush, OV Ivanova, NN Kiselev… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present post-perihelion photometric and polarimetric observations of comet
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko performed at the 6-m telescope of the SAO RAS in the g …

[HTML][HTML] On deviations from free-radial outflow in the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

SB Gerig, R Marschall, N Thomas, I Bertini, D Bodewits… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) onboard
the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft acquired images of comet …

Gas outflow and dust transport of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

IL Lai, WH Ip, CC Su, JS Wu, JC Lee… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Because of the diurnal thermal cycle and the irregular shape of the nucleus, gas outflow of
comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko could be highly anisotropic as indicated by the …

Local manifestations of cometary activity

JB Vincent, T Farnham, E Kührt, Y Skorov… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
Comets are made of volatile and refractory material and naturally experience various
degrees of sublimation as they orbit around the Sun. This gas release, accompanied by …

The nature and frequency of the gas outbursts in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko observed by the Alice far-ultraviolet spectrograph on Rosetta

PD Feldman, MF A'hearn, LM Feaga… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Alice is a far-ultraviolet imaging spectrograph on board Rosetta that, among multiple
objectives, is designed to observe emissions from various atomic and molecular species …

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 dust environment from photometric observation at the SOAR Telescope

E Picazzio, IV Luk'yanyk, OV Ivanova, E Zubko… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
We report photometric observations of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 made on
August 12, 2016 with the broad-band B, V, R and I filters and the SOAR 4.1-meter telescope …