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Interrelation between KOSI experiments and comet nucleus sampling

✍ Scribed by Eberhard Grün

Book ID
104652693
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
226 KB
Volume
56
Category
Article
ISSN
0038-6308

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✦ Synopsis

In situ observations of comet Halley yielded information on the nucleus and its environment.

These measurements are related to properties of and processes at the nucleus by theoretical modelling and by simulation experiments in the laboratory. The objective of the KOSI (Kometensimulation) experiments is to study in detail processes which occur near the surface of ice-dust mixtures under irradiation by light, like heat transport into the sample, chemical fractionation of sample material, emission of gases, and others. The KOSI experiments are carried out at the large space simulation chamber in Krln. By providing an in-depth understanding of potential cometary processes the results from the KOSI experiments are relevant to any comet nucleus sample return mission.

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