Giotto's second encounter: The mission to comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup

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Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9820907g&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A12, p. 20,907-20,910

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Giotto Mission, Grigg-Skjellerup Comet, Spaceborne Astronomy, Halley'S Comet, Spacecraft Instruments

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The second highlight in the life of the Giotto spacecraft, which was originally designed for a short 8-month lifetime, occurred on 10 July 1992. The main mission was to explore and photograph Halley's Comet; however, not only did Giotto survive the harsh environment around the comet Halley but is was also able, after more than 7 years in orbit around the Sun, to pass within about 200 km of a second comet, P/Grigg-Sjellerup, to provide exciting scientific measurements about the environment close to the comet. Various aspects of the Giotto Mission, spacecraft instruments, measurements, measurement techniques, and the encounter with comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup are presented.

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