Oxygen-bearing organic molecules in comet 67P’s dusty coma: first evidence for abundant heterocyclesOPEN ACCESS
N. Hänni, K. Altwegg, D. Baklouti, M. Combi, S. A. Fuselier, J. De Keyser, D. R. Müller, M. Rubin, S. F. Wampfler Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, copyright ESO PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
A Comparison of Presolar Isotopic Signatures in Laboratory-Studied Primitive Solar System Materials and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: New Insights from Light Elements, Halogens, and Noble GasesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Hoppe, Martin Rubin & Kathrin Altwegg Space Science Reviews, Volume 219, Article number: 32 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets are considered the most primitive planetary bodies in our Solar System. ESA’s Rosetta mission…
Identification and characterization of a new ensemble of cometary organic moleculesOPEN ACCESS
N. Hänni, K. Altwegg, M. Combi, S. A. Fuselier, J. De Keyser, M. Rubin & S. F. Wampfler Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 3639Published: 25 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In-situ study…
A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium
S. Ioppolo, G. Fedoseev, K.-J. Chuang, H. M. Cuppen, A. R. Clements, M. Jin, R. T. Garrod, D. Qasim, V. Kofman, E. F. van Dishoeck & H. Linnartz Nature Astronomy (2020), Published: 16 November 2020…
On the Origin and Evolution of the Material in 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
Martin Rubin, Cécile Engrand, Colin Snodgrass, Paul Weissman, Kathrin Altwegg, Henner Busemann, Alessandro Morbidelli & Michael Mumma Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 102 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive objects like comets…
Elemental and molecular abundances in comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
Martin Rubin, Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Michael R. Combi, Johan De Keyser, Maria Drozdovskaya, Björn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I. Gombosi, Nora Hänni, Kenneth C. Hansen, Urs Mall, Henri Rème,…
Carbon-rich dust in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by COSIMA/Rosetta
UPDATE (24 January 2018) Errata: Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA LINK Anaïs Bardy, Donia Baklouti, Hervé Cottin, Nicolas Fray, Christelle Briois, John Paquette, Oliver Stenzel, Cécile Engrand, Henning Fischer, Klaus Hornung,…
Similarities in Element Content between Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Coma Dust and Selected Meteorite Samples
Oliver J. Stenzel, Martin Hilchenbach, Sihane Merouane, John Paquette, Kurt Varmuza, Cécile Engrand, Franz Brandstätter, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Peter Filzmoser Mon Not R Astron Soc doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1908 LINK “We have analyzed the element composition and…
Cometary dust: the diversity of primitive refractory grainsOPEN ACCESS
D. H.Wooden, H. A.Ishii, M. E.Zolensky Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2017 375 20160260; DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0260. Published 29 May 2017 Review article LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comet dust is primitive and shows significant…
The primordial nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
B. J. R. Davidsson, H. Sierks, C. Güttler, F. Marzari, M. Pajola, H. Rickman, M. F. A’Hearn, A.-T. Auger, M. R. El-Maarry, S. Fornasier et al. (38 more) Astronomy Volume 592, August 2016 A&A 592,…
Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael R. Combi, Hervé Cottin, Johan De Keyser, Frederik Dhooghe, Bjorn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I….
Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA.
Paquette, J. A., Engrand, C., Stenzel, O., Hilchenbach, M., Kissel, J. and the COSIMA Team Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12669 LINK “The calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) found in chondritic meteorites are probably the oldest solar…
Origin of molecular oxygen in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, T. Ronnet, B. Brugger, O. Ozgurel, F. Pauzat, Y. Ellinger, R. Maggiolo, P. Wurz, P. Vernazza, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, K. E. Mandt, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, A. Markovits, M. Rubin The…
A protosolar nebula origin for the ices agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Guillot, B. Marty, M. Ali-Dib, P. Wurz, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, M. Hässig, M. Rubin, P. Vernazza, J. H. Waite The Astrophysical Journal Letters, in press PDF…
A Protosolar Nebula Origin for the Ices Agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Guillot, B. Marty, M. Ali-Dib, P. Wurz, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, M. Hässig, M. Rubin, P. Vernazza, and J. H. Waite The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 819,…
Refractory and semi-volatile organics at the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Insights from the VIRTIS/ROSETTA Imaging Spectrometer
E. Quirico, L.V. Moroz, B. Schmitt, G. Arnold, M. Faure, P. Beck, L. Bonal, M. Ciarniello, F. Capaccioni, G. Filacchione, S. Erard, C. Leyrat, D. Bockelée-Morvan, A. Zinzi, E. Palomba, P. Drossart, F. Tosi, M.T….
A homogeneous nucleus for comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from its gravity field
M. Pätzold T. Andert M. Hahn S. W. Asmar J.-P. Barriot M. K. Bird B. Häusler K. Peter S. Tellmann E. Grün P. R. Weissman H. Sierks L. Jorda R. Gaskell F. Preusker F. Scholten…
Typology of dust particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko
Y. Langevin, M. Hilchenbach, N. Ligier, S. Merouane, K. Hornung, C. Engrand, R. Schulz, J. Kissel, J. Rynö, P. Eng, the COSIMA team Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.01.027 LINK…
Interstellar Detection of Methyl Isocyanate CH3NCO in Sgr B2(N): A Link from Molecular Clouds to Comets
D. T. Halfen et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ 812 L5 LINK “A new interstellar molecule, CH 3NCO (methyl isocyanate), has been detected using the 12 m telescope of the Arizona Radio Observatory…
Detection of argon in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
By Hans Balsiger, Kathrin Altwegg, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael Combi, Johan De Keyser, Peter Eberhardt, Björn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I. Gombosi, Kenneth…
Rapid Temperature Changes and the Early Activity on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
V. Alí-Lagoa, M. Delbo’, and G. Libourel ApJ 810 L22. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/810/2/L22 The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 810 Number 2 Received 5 Juli 2015, accepted for publication 12 August 2015. Published 3 September 2015. LINK PDF…
Observation of charged nanograins at comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko
J. L. Burch, T. I. Gombosi, G. Clark, P. Mokashi, R. Goldstein Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065177 LINK (open access)
Large heterogeneities in comet 67P as revealed by active pits from sinkhole collapse
Jean-Baptiste Vincent Dennis Bodewits Sébastien Besse Holger Sierks Cesare Barbieri Philippe Lamy Rafael Rodrigo Detlef Koschny Hans Rickman Horst Uwe Keller Jessica Agarwal Michael F. A’Hearn Anne-Thérèse Auger M. Antonella Barucci Jean-Loup Bertaux Ivano Bertini…
New communication with Philae
update: 10 July New communication with Philae LINK Searching for a good signal LINK Rosetta Mission extended until Sept 2016 LINK LINK LINK LINK Rosetta’s lander Philae is out of hibernation! LINK
Measurements of the Near-Nucleus Coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Alice Far-Ultraviolet Spectrograph on Rosetta
Paul D. Feldman, Michael F. A’Hearn, Jean-Loup Bertaux, Lori M. Feaga, Joel Wm. Parker, Eric Schindhelm, Andrew J. Steffl, S. Alan Stern, Harold A. Weaver, Holger Sierks, Jean-Baptiste Vincent, JHU, UMd, LATMOS, SwRI, JHU/APL, MPIS…
Molecular nitrogen in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko indicates a low formation temperature
M. Rubin, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, F. Dhooghe, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T….
Density and Charge of Pristine Fluffy Particles from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
M. Fulle et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 802 Number 1 ApJ 802 L12. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/802/1/L12 published 24 März 2015 LINK
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
R. Schulz et al Nature (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14159 LINK
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a Jupiter family comet with a high D/H ratio
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,…
The capabilities of ROSINA/DFMS to measure argon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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
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
‘Singing’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Sonification of oscillations in the magnetic field in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s environment LINK
AMBITION: PHILAE touch down: 12 November ~16:35 CET
LINK AMBITION (HD) (Lukasz Sobisz, Simulation TD, Platige Image) Lukasz Sobisz (quote from AMBITION – The Making Of)
