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The Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT): A Short Description of the Instrument and of the Commissioning Stages
Wlodek Kofman
1
Alain Hérique
1
Jean-Pierre Goutail
2
Tor Hagfors
3
I. Williams
4
Erling Nielsen
3
J.-P. Barriot
5
Yves Barbin
6
C. Elachi
7
Peter Edenhofer
8
Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
2
Dirk Plettemeier
8
Giovanni Picardi
9
Roberto Seu
9
V. Svedhem
10
Wlodek Kofman 1
Author IdHAL : wlodek-kofman ResearcherId : http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-4556-2008 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-8796
Alain Hérique 1
Author IdHAL : alain-herique ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-883X
Jean-Pierre Goutail 2
Author
Tor Hagfors 3
Author
C. Elachi 7
Author
Peter Edenhofer 8
Author
Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd 2
Author
Dirk Plettemeier 8
Author
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LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (bat. D de Physique 122 rue de la Piscine - BP 53 38400 ST MARTIN D HERES - France)
- UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (BP 53 - 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5109 (France)
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SA - Service d'aéronomie (France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7620 (France)
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MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (Göttingen, Allemagne - Germany)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Jägerstrasse, 10-11, D-10117 Berlin - Germany)
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AU - Astronomy Unit [London] (School of Physics and Astronomy, QMUL, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS - United Kingdom)
- QMUL - Queen Mary University of London (Mile End Road, London E1 4NS - United Kingdom)
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UMS 831 - Services communs OMP (14 Av Edouard Belin 31400 TOULOUSE - France)
- UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (118 route de Narbonne - 31062 Toulouse - France)
- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 TOULOUSE - France)
- Météo France (Direction interrégionale - Sud-Est, 2 boulevard Château Double, Aix-en-Provence - France)
- CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (18 avenue Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse - France)
- Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (41 Allée Jules Guesde, 31000 Toulouse - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UAR 831 (France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (18 avenue Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMS831 (France)
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LSEET - Laboratoire de sondages électromagnétiques de l'environnement terrestre (bat. F Av de l'université - BP 132 83957 LA GARDE CEDEX - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UTLN - Université de Toulon (Avenue de l'Université - BP 20132 - 83957 La Garde Cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6017 (France)
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JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
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Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik [Bochum] (Germany)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum] (Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum - Germany)
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Dipartimento INFOCOM [Roma] (Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy - Italy)
- Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" [Rome] (Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - Italy)
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ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre (Keplerlaan 1, 2201 Noordwijk - Netherlands)
- ESA - European Space Agency (France)
Abstract : The primary scientific goal of the CONSERT experiment on the Rosetta space mission is to investigate the deep interior of the nucleus of comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This will be achieved through the use of long wavelength radio-waves, transmitted from the orbiter and returned from the lander. In this overview, a description of the instrument is presented together with a brief description of the experiment. Some important results from the tests carried out during the commissioning phase and results from a trial run in the French Alps on the temperate glacier near Argentiere are also described. During these latter tests we installed the CONSERT Lander in a tunnel under the glacier while the CONSERT Orbiter was moved along the surface. The signals received showed that the experiment is working satisfactorily. References are also provided to articles that contain a more detailed description of the instrument capabilities and in-depth analysis of the potential scientific outcome.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s11214-006-9034-9
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Wlodek Kofman, Alain Hérique, Jean-Pierre Goutail, Tor Hagfors, I. Williams, et al.. The Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT): A Short Description of the Instrument and of the Commissioning Stages. Space Science Reviews, Springer Verlag, 2007, 128 (4), pp.413-432. ⟨10.1007/s11214-006-9034-9⟩. ⟨insu-00359410⟩
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