Rosina’s Scientific Perspective at Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Kathrin Altwegg (1) , Annette Jäckel (1) , Hans Balsiger (1) , E. Arijs (2) , Jean-Jacques Berthelier (3) , S. A. Fuselier (4) , F. Gliem (5) , T. Gombosi (6) , A. Korth (7) , H. Reme (8)

1 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
2 BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
3 CETP - Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires
4 ATC - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
5 Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig]
6 SPRL - Space Physics Research Laboratory [Ann Arbor]
7 MPI Aeronomie - Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie
8 CESR - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements

The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) on board Rosetta is designed to analyze the volatile material of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We show in this paper that the scientific requirements related to the volatile material of comets in general and specifically to the present Rosetta target can be met by the three ROSINA sensors. ROSINA will answer scientifically important questions concerning the elemental, isotopic and molecular composition of Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Kathrin Altwegg, Annette Jäckel, Hans Balsiger, E. Arijs, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, et al.. Rosina’s Scientific Perspective at Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Colangeli L., Epifani E.M., Palumbo P. (eds). The New Rosetta Targets. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 311, Springer, pp.257-269, 2004, 978-90-481-6683-1. ⟨insu-02263262⟩