On the trail of Comet G-Z

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Comet Tails, Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Solar Wind, Electric Fields, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Magnetic Fields, Plasmas (Physics), Spaceborne Astronomy, Comets, Giacobini-Zinner, Popular, Mission Description, Mission Planning, International Cometary Explorer, Orbits, Diagrams, History, Spacecraft, Ice Mission

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The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) is to investigate the magnetic and electric fields, plasmas, and particles in the Comet Giacobini-Zinner (G-Z) and to study its interaction with solar wind. The ICE can pass through the comet only once and it will take 90 minutes to cross from one side of the tail to the other. Since the Comet G-Z often changes its orbit due to nongravitational forces changing its direction and velocity, ICE's position needs to be adjusted. The probe is aimed 10,000 km from the nucleus in order to be provided the best passage through the Comet G-Z. The 64-meter dishes of JPL's Deep-Space Network (DSN) will receive data transmitted on two adjacent S-band frequencies at the rate of 1024 bits per second. Also NASA has arranged for the radio telescope at Arecibo to record the transmission. The Japanese 64-meter tracking antenna at Usada, equipped with an ultrasensitive receiver for one ICE frequency, will provide pre-encounter and post-encounter tracking. The ICE data may provide information about the dust tail in the Comet G-Z which could be compared to previous research.

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