The Giotto mission to Halley's comet

Details The Giotto mission to Halley's comet The Giotto mission to Halley's comet

May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987esasp.268...31r&link_type=abstract

In its Space Astronomy and Solar System Exploration p 31-47 (SEE N87-29374 23-88)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Giotto Mission, Halley'S Comet, Spaceborne Astronomy, Comet Nuclei, Cometary Atmospheres, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind

Scientific paper

The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's comet on 14 March 1986, passing the nucleus at a distance of 600 km on the sunward side. Its scientific payload comprising a camera, three mass spectrometers for analysis of the neutrals, ions and dust, a photopolarimeter and various plasma experiments worked flawlessly and returned a wealth of data. Results on the nucleus, the composition of the cometary atmosphere, and the interaction of the solar wind plasma with the cometary ionosphere are described. Although damaged during the flyby, Giotto may be retargeted using an Earth swingby maneuver to encounter another comet.

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