Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis—ROSINA

Hans Balsiger (1) , Kathrin Altwegg (1) , E. Arijs (2) , Jean-Loup Bertaux (3) , Jean-Jacques Berthelier (4) , P. Bochsler (1) , G.R. Carignan (5) , P. Eberhardt (1) , L.A. Fisk (5) , S.A. Fuselier (6) , A.G. Ghielmetti (6) , F. Gliem (7) , T.I. Gombosi (5) , E. Kopp (1) , A. Korth (8) , S. Livi (8) , C. Mazelle (9) , H. Reme (9) , J. A. Sauvaud (9) , E. Shelley (10) , H. Waite (11) , B. Wilken (8) , J. Woch (8) , H. Wollnik (12) , P. Wurz (1) , D.T. Young (13)

1 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
2 BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
3 SA - Service d'aéronomie
4 CETP - Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires
5 SPRL - Space Physics Research Laboratory [Ann Arbor]
6 ATC - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
7 Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig]
8 MPI Aeronomie - Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie
9 CESR - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
10 Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratories
11 Space Science Division [San Antonio]
12 Physikalisches Institut [Gießen]
13 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]

The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) will answer outstanding questions concerning the main objectives of the mission. To accomplish the very demanding objectives, ROSINA will have unprecedented capabilities, including: very wide mass range from 1 amu to >300 amu; very high mass resolution (ability to resolve CO from N2 and ¹³C from ¹²CH); very wide dynamic range and high sensitivity; the ability to determine cometary gas and ion flow velocities and temperatures.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Hans Balsiger, Kathrin Altwegg, E. Arijs, Jean-Loup Bertaux, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, et al.. Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis—ROSINA. Advances in Space Research, 1998, 21 (11), pp.1527-1535. ⟨10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00945-9⟩. ⟨insu-02263261⟩