The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) mission to comet Giacobini-Zinner (G/Z)The primary objectives of the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) mission is to provide in situ data on the interaction between solar wind and the atmosphere of the P/Giacobini-Zinner comet (G/Z), making measurements of particles, fields, and waves while passing through the cometary tail of G/Z on September 11, 1985. Following the G/Z tail intercept, the ICE measurements will complement the later upstream measurements obtained by the Comet Halley probe. The major ICE payload includes a vector helium magnetometer, the plasma-wave experiment, the radio-wave experiment, the plasma-electron experiment, and the plasma ion experiment. Other experiments are intended to measure energetic protons, X-rays, low energy to high energy cosmic rays, cosmic ray electrons, and gamma-ray bursts. The ICE measurements of G/Z will be supplemented with ground-based measurements. Schematic diagrams are included.
Document ID
19860053019
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Brandt, J. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Farquhar, R. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Maran, S. P. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Niedner, M. B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Von Rosenvinge, T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)