We study the evolution of a cometary ionosphere, using approximately two years of plasma measurements by the Mutual Impedance Probe on board the Rosetta spacecraft monitoring comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) during August 2014-September 2016. The in situ plasma density measurements are utilized to estimate the altitude-integrated electron...
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2020 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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January 24, 2024 (v1)Journal article
Here we describe the novel, multi-point Comet Interceptor mission. It is dedicated to the exploration of a little-processed long-period comet, possibly entering the inner Solar System for the first time, or to encounter an interstellar object originating at another star. The objectives of the mission are to address the following questions: What...
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