To explore a comet - The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby mission at Comet KopffThe Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) mission has the primary goal of determining the composition and physical characteristics of a comet. To achieve this goal, a spacecraft will rendezvous with Comet Kopff and spend 2.5 years near the comet to study it with a variety of instruments. A penetrator will also be released by the spacecraft and propel itself into the nucleus of the comet for direct measurements. This paper presents a typical scenario for orbiting the comet, which provides for meeting all major scientific objectives.
Document ID
19900065947
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cheng, Jeannie T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ionasescu, Rodica (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kakuda, Roy Y. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sweetser, Theodore H. (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)