The direct investigation of comets by space probes

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Jan 1977

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British Interplanetary Society, Journal (Space Science), vol. 30, Jan. 1977, p. 3-14.

Physics

Comets, Flyby Missions, Mission Planning, Solar System, Space Probes, Ballistic Trajectories, Rendezvous Trajectories, Spacecraft Propulsion, Swingby Technique

Scientific paper

After reviewing some of the basic knowledge concerning comets and their place in the history of the solar system, the paper discusses the possibility and planning of comet flybys for more detailed study of these objects. The most important criteria for selection of a comet to be the object of such a mission are examined and used to evaluate possible candidate comets. Several kinds of missions are possible: direct ballistic transfer, Jupiter swing-by (or gravity-assist), use of supplementary propulsion systems, and rendezvous. Possible strategies for performing observations of cometary dust, neutral gas in the coma, plasmas and magnetic fields in and around the coma are discussed. Spacecraft, encounter geometrics, and launch details for a nominal mission to comet Encke are given.

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