What can an Interstellar probe mission at large heliocentric distances achieve with remote imaging and in situ dust measurements ?

C. M. Lisse (1) , M. B. Zemcov (2) , A. R. Poppe (3) , J. R. Szalay (4) , B. T. Draine (4) , M. Horanyi (5) , R. L. Mcnutt (1) , A. Corcoros (1) , P. C. Brandt (1) , M. V. Paul (1) , V. Sterken (6) , Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (7) , Rosine Lallement (8) , C. A. Beichman (9) , F. Postberg (10) , P. C. Frisch (11) , J. D. Slavin (12)

1 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
2 Rochester Institute of Technology
3 SSL - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
4 Princeton University
5 LASP - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder]
6 University of Bern
7 PLANETO - LATMOS
8 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
9 NExScI - NASA ExoPlanet Science Institute
10 Freie Universität Berlin
11 University of Chicago
12 CfA - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

We summarize the transformative science to be done by an Interstellar Probe Explorer s/c flying a VISIR spectroscopic mapper + Dust chemical analyzer out to distances > 400 AU from the Sun.

Domains: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

C. M. Lisse, M. B. Zemcov, A. R. Poppe, J. R. Szalay, B. T. Draine, et al.. What can an Interstellar probe mission at large heliocentric distances achieve with remote imaging and in situ dust measurements ?. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, Mar 2021, Virtual Meeting, United States. pp.LPI Contrib. No. 2548. ⟨insu-03476188⟩