ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
Apr 15 2005, 08:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Well Rosetta isn't going to get to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Chury) till 2014, but it's not to early to set up a thread. There are a bunch of earth fly-bys, a Mars encounter at 200km in 2007 and a few asteriod passes. Not to mention the mission to land on the comet itself.
Only another nine and a half years to go. |
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Nov 29 2006, 09:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
Rosetta warms up for Mars swing-by
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNJ8D4VUE_index_0.html Instruments from both Rosetta orbiter and Philae lander will be used during the observation campaign. The purpose of the 36-hour observation campaign of 21-Lutetia is to understand the rotation direction of the asteroid. Rosetta will be able to observe Mars from about 20 hours before it makes its closest approach to about a few weeks after. Rosetta instruments will be switched off around the eclipse period. However, Philae lander will still be operating and taking measurements during the eclipse as the lander has its own independent power system. |
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Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 600 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
The ESA Rosetta website has a list of the various planetary and asteroid flyby's and their dates, but I did not find a graphic / plot of the trajectory. Is there a figure of the trajectory on ESA (or another public) website that shows the flyby's similar to the figure on the Messenger website for the Messenger mission --
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/trajectory.html |
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Nov 30 2006, 08:07 PM
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For those interested in this kind of thing, a special issue of Space Science Reviews is in the works that will publish several Rosetta-related papers, mostly dealing with the instruments. Several of these papers are in press (i.e., "Online First"), and, for a limited time, SpringerLink is offering free access for non-subscribers, though one may have to register (freely).
Also, note that a paper on the James Webb Space Telescope was just published, and I believe access is free to this one as well. |
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