The study of the polarisation of light is a powerful tool for probing the physical and
compositional properties of astrophysical sources, including Solar System objects. In this …

Abstract Comet Interceptor (Comet-I) was selected in June 2019 as the first ESA F-Class
mission and aims to explore a pristine comet, which will visit the inner Solar System for the …

Context. Comets are considered to be remnants from the formation of the Solar System.
ESA's Rosetta mission targeted comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and was able to …

A numerical model of cometary dust environments is used to gain a deeper understanding of
the relationship between the brightness (A f ρ) and the dust particle size distribution in the …

The Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is a Probe mission concept developed in response to
NASA's Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) Announcement of Opportunity. LEM has a …

A comet flyby, like the one planned for ESA's Comet Interceptor mission, places stringent
requirements on spacecraft resources. To plan the time line of in situ plasma and neutral gas …

At a low activity comet the plasma is distributed in an asymmetric way. The hybrid simulation
code Amitis is used to look at the spatial evolution of ion velocity distribution functions …

Solar sails are propellantless propulsion systems that extract momentum from solar radiation
pressure. They consist of a large ultrathin membrane, typically aluminized, that reflects …

ABSTRACT The European Space Agency Rosetta mission escorted comet 67P for a 2-yr
section of its six and a half-year orbit around the Sun. By perihelion in 2015 August, the …

A comet flyby, like the one planned for the Comet Interceptor mission, takes place under
conditions that remain largely unknown up to the moment of encounter. A detailed trajectory …