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ROSETTA, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2009
ESA's Mission to the Origin of the Solar System
Coordinators: Schulz Rita, Alexander Claudia, Boehnhardt Hermann, Glaßmeier K.H.
Language: EnglishSubjects for ROSETTA:
Publication date: 08-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 04-2009
785 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Comets consist of the most primitive material in the solar system and to understand the earliest epoch of solar system formation, we must investigate the nature of this material. Much of what we know of comets presently comes from remote sensing using Earth-based telescopes. The Rosetta mission is poised to make a dramatic advance in our understanding of comets.
This will be the first hard cover book on the Rosetta Mission, ESA’s Planetary Cornerstone Mission, discussing science and instrumentation.
Rosetta is the first ever spacecraft, which will rendezvous with a comet and go in orbit around its nucleus to explore the evolution of the comet for more than one year. It will land on the comet nucleus surface with its Lander Philae for dedicated in-situ analysis of the comet nucleus composition and structure.