Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002esasp.500...87b&link_type=abstract
In: Proceedings of Asteroids, Comets, Meteors - ACM 2002. International Conference, 29 July - 2 August 2002, Berlin, Germany. Ed
Mathematics
Logic
Space Missions: Minor Planets, Near-Earth Objects
Scientific paper
The SIMONE mission proposal is led by QinetiQ, with scientific aspects led by the Open University's Planetary and Space Science Research Institute. Currently the focus of an ESA-funded study, the concept is to help understand the diversity of the NEO population using a fleet of microsatellite-class (~120 kg) interplanetary spacecraft. These will individually rendezvous with specific Near-Earth Objects of interest (together representing a number of important spectral and photometric types) to perform 'up close' measurements of key physical, morphological and compositional features. The ΔV capability of the solar-electric-propelled spacecraft should make a wide range of objects accessible for rendezvous, or at least a sequence of resonant flybys. The wide-ranging dataset produced will be important for risk assessment and studies of possible mitigation approaches, as well as for science.
Ball Andrew J.
Green Simon F.
Wells Nigel S.
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