Long-term monitoring of the outgassing and composition of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Rosetta/MIRO instrument

N Biver, D Bockelée-Morvan, M Hofstadter… - Astronomy & …, 2019‏ - aanda.org
We present the analysis of≈ 100 molecular maps of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko that were obtained with the MIRO submillimeter radiotelescope on board the …

The plasma environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

C Goetz, E Behar, A Beth, D Bodewits, S Bromley… - Space Science …, 2022‏ - Springer
The environment of a comet is a fascinating and unique laboratory to study plasma
processes and the formation of structures such as shocks and discontinuities from electron …

Plasma wave investigation (PWI) aboard BepiColombo Mio on the trip to the first measurement of electric fields, electromagnetic waves, and radio waves around …

Y Kasaba, H Kojima, M Moncuquet, JE Wahlund… - Space Science …, 2020‏ - Springer
Abstract The Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) aboard the BepiColombo Mio (Mercury
Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO) will enable the first observations of electric fields, plasma …

Plasma source and loss at comet 67P during the Rosetta mission

KL Heritier, M Galand, P Henri, FL Johansson… - Astronomy & …, 2018‏ - aanda.org
Context. The Rosetta spacecraft provided us with a unique opportunity to study comet
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) from a close perspective and over a 2-yr time period …

Building a weakly outgassing comet from a generalized Ohm's law

J Deca, P Henri, A Divin, A Eriksson, M Galand… - Physical Review Letters, 2019‏ - APS
When a weakly outgassing comet is sufficiently close to the Sun, the formation of an ionized
coma results in solar wind mass loading and magnetic field dra** around its nucleus …

Ion composition at comet 67P near perihelion: Rosetta observations and model-based interpretation

KL Heritier, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
We present the ion composition in the coma of comet 67P with newly detected ion species
over the 28–37 u mass range, probed by Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral …

Measurements of the electrostatic potential of Rosetta at comet 67P

E Odelstad, G Stenberg-Wieser… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
We present and compare measurements of the spacecraft potential (V s/c) of the Rosetta
spacecraft throughout its stay in the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, by …

Cold electrons at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

IAD Engelhardt, AI Eriksson, E Vigren… - Astronomy & …, 2018‏ - aanda.org
Context. The electron temperature of the plasma is one important aspect of the environment.
Electrons created by photoionization or impact ionization of atmospheric gas have …

Cometary plasma response to interplanetary corotating interaction regions during 2016 June–September: a quantitative study by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium

R Hajra, P Henri, M Myllys, KL Héritier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Four interplanetary corotating interaction regions (CIRs) were identified during 2016 June–
September by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC) monitoring in situ the plasma …

On the origin of molecular oxygen in cometary comae

KL Heritier, K Altwegg, JJ Berthelier, A Beth… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Molecular oxygen was detected 1 in the coma of 67P by the onboard Rosetta Orbiter
Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA)–Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer …