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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years

27/01/2015 00:03 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta, space missions

R. Schulz et al Nature (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14159 LINK

Ceres – seen by Dawn spacecraft

19/01/2015 23:59 · by karmaka · in Ceres, Dawn, space missions

The Dawn spacecraft observed Ceres for an hour on Jan. 13, 2015, from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). A little more than half of its surface was observed at a resolution of 27…

The mineralogy and space weathering of a regolith grain from 25143 Itokawa and the possibility of annealed solar wind damage, asteroid

17/12/2014 07:02 · by karmaka · in asteroid, space missions, space weathering

Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:163 (16 December 2014) doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0163-1 PDF LINK LINK

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a Jupiter family comet with a high D/H ratio

10/12/2014 21:17 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta, space missions

K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J. J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T. I. Gombosi, K.C. Hansen,…

Dawn’s new photo of Ceres

06/12/2014 00:46 · by karmaka · in Ceres, Dawn, space missions

taken 1 December 2014 from a distance of 740,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles

03/12/2014 07:06 · by karmaka · in carbonaceous chondrite, Hayabusa / (25143) Itokawa, organic matter

Hikaru Yabuta, Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, A L David Kilcoyne, Scott A Sandford, Fumio Kitajima, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Tatsuaki Okada, Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space…

Reflectance spectra measurement of hydrated and dehydrated carbonaceous chondrites using the Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa 2 spacecraft

28/11/2014 15:01 · by karmaka · in carbonaceous chondrite, CI, CM, Hayabusa / (25143) Itokawa, reflectance spectra

Tomoki Nakamura (Tohoku Univ), Takahiro Iwata (JAXA), Kohei Kitasato (Univ of Aizu), Masanao Abe (JAXA), Takahito Osawa (JAEA), Moe Matsuoka (Tohoku Univ), Yusuke Nakauchi (JAXA), Takehiko Arai (JAXA), Mutsumi Komatsu (Graduate Univ for Advanced Studies),…

The capabilities of ROSINA/DFMS to measure argon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

20/11/2014 19:54 · by karmaka · in comet, noble gases, Rosetta

M. Hässig, K. Altwegg, J.J. Berthelier, U. Calmonte, T.I. Gombosi, J. De Keyser, B. Fiethe, S.A. Fuselier, L. Le Roy, T. Owen, M. Rubin Planetary and Space Science available online 20 November 2014 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.015 LINK

Dynamical Features and Spatial Structures of the Plasma Interaction Region of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the Solar Wind

20/11/2014 15:44 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta

C. Koenders, K.-H. Glassmeier, I. Richter, H. Ranocha, U. Motschmann Planetary and Space Science, available online 20 November 2014 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.014 LINK

Geological Map of Vesta

17/11/2014 23:30 · by karmaka · in Dawn, space missions, Vesta

Geological Map of Vesta Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU PHOTO INFO INFO Vesta Topography Map IMAGE (full res) INFO

‘Singing’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

11/11/2014 18:32 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta

Sonification of oscillations in the magnetic field in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s environment LINK

The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations.

10/11/2014 21:53 · by karmaka · in asteroid, OSIRIS-REx / 101955 Bennu, space missions

Lauretta, D. S., Bartels, A. E., Barucci, M. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Campins, H., Chesley, S. R., Clark, B. C., Clark, B. E., Cloutis, E. A., Connolly, H. C.,…

Science goals and mission concept for the future exploration of Titan and Enceladus

28/10/2014 11:49 · by karmaka · in moons, Saturn, solar system, space missions

G. Tobie, N.A. Teanby, A. Coustenis, R. Jaumann, F. Raulin, J. Schmidt, N. Carrasco, A.J. Coates, D. Cordier, R. De Kok, W.D. Geppert, J.-P. Lebreton, A. Lefevre, T.A. Livengood, K.E. Mandt, G. Mitri, F. Nimmo,…

AMBITION: PHILAE touch down: 12 November ~16:35 CET

27/10/2014 00:50 · by karmaka · in Rosetta, space missions

LINK AMBITION (HD) (Lukasz Sobisz, Simulation TD, Platige Image) Lukasz Sobisz (quote from AMBITION – The Making Of)

Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin

27/08/2014 00:56 · by karmaka · in asteroid, carbonaceous chondrite, Hayabusa / (25143) Itokawa, space missions

Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Fumio Kitajima, Yoshinori Takano, Hajime Mita, Ichiro Ohnishi, Yoko Kebukawa, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Takaaki Okada and Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:102…