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 …
spacecraft Rosetta and the lander Philae. The aim of the mission is to map the comet …
Atmospheric escape from unmagnetized bodies
The upper atmospheres of unmagnetized solar system bodies interact more directly with
their local plasma environment than their counterparts on magnetized bodies such as Earth …
their local plasma environment than their counterparts on magnetized bodies such as Earth …
Structure, dynamics, and seasonal variability of the Mars‐solar wind interaction: MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer in‐flight performance and science results
We report on the in‐flight performance of the Solar Wind Ion Analyzer (SWIA) and
observations of the Mars‐solar wind interaction made during the Mars Atmosphere and …
observations of the Mars‐solar wind interaction made during the Mars Atmosphere and …
SpiceyPy: A pythonic wrapper for the SPICE toolkit
AM Annex, B Pearson, B Seignovert… - Journal of Open …, 2020 - joss.theoj.org
SpiceyPy is an open-source, MIT licensed Python package that provides a pythonic interface
to nearly all of the C SPICE toolkit N66. SpiceyPy was developed in Python using the ctypes …
to nearly all of the C SPICE toolkit N66. SpiceyPy was developed in Python using the ctypes …
Ionospheric plasma of comet 67P probed by Rosetta at 3 AU from the Sun
M Galand, KL Héritier, E Odelstad… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We propose to identify the main sources of ionization of the plasma in the coma of comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at different locations in the coma and to quantify their relative …
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at different locations in the coma and to quantify their relative …
Impact of radial interplanetary magnetic fields on the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko-Hybrid simulations of the plasma environment
Context. The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field determines the nature of the
interaction between a Solar System object and the solar wind. For comets, it affects the …
interaction between a Solar System object and the solar wind. For comets, it affects the …
RPC observation of the development and evolution of plasma interaction boundaries at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
One of the primary objectives of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium, a suite of five plasma
instruments on-board the Rosetta spacecraft, is to observe the formation and evolution of …
instruments on-board the Rosetta spacecraft, is to observe the formation and evolution of …
The birth and growth of a solar wind cavity around a comet – Rosetta observations
The Rosetta mission provided detailed observations of the growth of a cavity in the solar
wind around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. As the comet approached the Sun, the …
wind around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. As the comet approached the Sun, the …
Evolution of the ion environment of comet 67P during the Rosetta mission as seen by RPC-ICA
Rosetta has followed comet 67P from low activity at more than 3.6 au heliocentric distance to
high activity at perihelion (1.24 au) and then out again. We provide a general overview of the …
high activity at perihelion (1.24 au) and then out again. We provide a general overview of the …
Characterizing cometary electrons with kappa distributions
The Rosetta spacecraft has escorted comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko since 6 August
2014 and has offered an unprecedented opportunity to study plasma physics in the coma …
2014 and has offered an unprecedented opportunity to study plasma physics in the coma …