Triple F—a comet nucleus sample return mission (2009)
Küppers, Michael, Keller, H. U., Kührt, E., A’Hearn, M. F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., ...
The Triple F (Fresh From the Fridge) mission, a Comet Nucleus Sample Return, has been proposed to ESA’s Cosmic Vision program. A sample return from a comet enables us to reach the ultimate goal of...
Modeling of the Expected Performance for the German AsteroidFinder Mission (2008)
Drentschew, M., Hahn, G.J., Kührt, E., Mottola, S., Dillmann, R.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has selected the ASTEROIDFINDER (AF) experiment to be flown as the first of a new series of national compact satellite missions. The main goal of the mission is to...
Triple F - A Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission (2008)
Küppers, M., Keller, H.U., Kührt, E., A'Hearn, M.F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., ...
Triple F-a comet nucleus sample return mission (2008)
Küppers, M., Keller, H. U., Kührt, E., A'Hearn, M. F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., ...
Jaumann, R., Spohn, T., Hiesinger, H., Jessberger, E.K., Neukum, G., Oberst, J., ...
The German initiative for the Lunar Exploration Orbiter (LEO) originated from the national conference “Exploration of our Solar System”, held in Dresden in November 2006. Major result of this...
Keller, H.U., Küppers, M., Fornasier, S., Gutierrez, P. J., Hviid, S. F., Jorda, L., ...
The OSIRIS cameras on the Rosetta spacecraft observed comet 9P/Tempel 1 from 5 days before to 10 days after it was hit by the Deep Impact projectile. The Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) monitored the...
ROMAP: Rosetta Magnetometer and Plasma Monitor (2007)
Auster, H. U., Apathy, I., Berghofer, G., Remizov, A., Roll, R., Fornacon, K. H., ...
The scientific objectives, design and capabilities of the Rosetta Lander’s ROMAP instrument are presented. ROMAP’s main scientific goals are longterm magnetic field and plasma measurements of the...
Low-Velocity Impacts on Cometary Surfaces - The Case of Philae (2007)
Biele, J., Ulamec, S., Richter, L., Kührt, E., Knollenberg, J., Möhlmann, D.
OSIRIS - The Scientific Camera System Onboard Rosetta (2007)
Keller, H.U., Barberieri, C., Rickman, H., Rodrigo, R., ...
The Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System OSIRIS is the scientific camerasystem onboard the Rosetta spacecraft. OSIRIS will detect 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of...
ROMAP: Rosetta Magnetometer and Plasma Monitor (2007)
Auster, H.U., Apathy, I., Berghofer, G., Remizov, A., Roll, R., Fornacon, K.H., ...
The scientific objectives, design and capabilities of the Rosetta Lander's ROMAP instrument are presented. ROMAP's main scientific goals are longterm magnetic field and plama measurements of the...
MUPUS – a Thermal and Mechanical Properties Probe for the Rosetta Lander Philae (2007)
Spohn, T., Seiferlin, K., Hagermann, A., Knollenberg, J., Ball, A.J., Banaszkiewicz, M., ...
MUPUS, the multi purpose sensor package onboard the Rosetta lander Philae, will measure the energy balance and the physical parameters in the near-surface layers – up to about 30 cm depth- of the...
Lunar Exploration Orbiter (LEO) (2007)
Jaumann, R., Spohn, T., Hiesinger, H., Jessberger, E.K., Neukum, G., Oberst, J., ...
ROMAP: Rosetta Magnetometer and Plasma Monitor (2007)
Auster, H. U., Apathy, I., Berghofer, G., Remizov, A., Roll, R., Fornacon, K. H., ...
Osiris - The Scientific Camera System onboard Rosetta (2007)
Keller, H. U., Barbieri, C., Lamy, P., Rickman, H., Rodrigo, R., ...
ROMAP: Rosetta magnetometer and plasma monitor (2007)
Auster, H. U., Apathy, I., Berghofer, G., Remizov, A., Roll, R., Fornaçon, K. H., ...
Low-velocity Impacts on Cometary Surfaces - The Case of Philae (2006)
Biele, J., Ulamec, S., Richter, L., Kührt, E., Knollenberg, J., Möhlmann, D.
Lessons learnt from Comets Tempel and Wild: Implications for the Rosetta Lander (2006)
Ulamec, S., Biele, J., Böhnhardt, H., Espinasse, S., Gaudon, P., Goesmann, F., ...
Deep Impact - Strength of the Comet (2005)
Kührt, E., Knollenberg, J., De Niem, D.
It seems very difficult to derive strength (and density) from the Deep Impact measurements because the gas drag may change the commonly used ballistic ejecta physics. Strength as low as 65 Pa...
Evidence for a Large Dust/Ice Ratio in the Nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 (2005)
Küppers, Michael, Bertini, Ivano, Fornasier, Sonia, Gutierrez, Pedro J., Hviid, Stubbe F., Jorda, Laurent, ...
A large dust/ice ratio in the nucleus of comet 9P/Tempel 1 (2005)
Küppers, M., Bertini, I., Fornasier, S., Gutierrez, P. J., Hviid, S. F., Jorda, L., ...
Comets spend most of their life in a low-temperature environment far from the Sun. They are therefore relatively unprocessed and maintain information about the formation conditions of the planetary...
MERTIS - A Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer for the Bepi-Colombo Mission (2005)
Helbert, J., Jessberger, E., Benkhoff, J., Arnold, G., Banaszkiewicz, M., Bischoff, A., ...
Pre-Cometary Ice Composition from Hot Core Chemistry (2005)
Tornow, C., Kührt, E., Motschmann, U.
Pre-cometary ice located around star-forming regions contains molecules that are pre-biotic compounds or pre-biotic precursors. Molecular line surveys of hot cores provide information on the...
Plasma environment of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko 3D hybrid code simulations (2004)
Bagdonat, T., Motschmann, U., Kührt, E.
Recent measurements indicate the H2O production rate of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko to be of the same order as for comet Wirtanen. From a plasma physical point of view, this classifies both comets as...
Prelaunch performance evaluation of the cometary experiment MUPUS-TP (2004)
Marczewski, W., Schröer, K., Seiferlein, K., Usowicz, B., Banaszkiewicz, M., Hlond, M., ...
This paper discusses test results obtained in both laboratory and terrestrial environment conditions for the "Multipurpose Sensors for Surface and Sub-Surface Science'' Thermal Probe (MUPUS-TP),...
Goldammer, J.G., Hille, M.(Forest Ecology And Forest Management Group, Department Of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands), Kührt, E., ...
Earthguard-1: A NEO Detection Space Mission (2002)
Leipold, M., Richter, A. Von, Hahn, G., Harris, A.W., Kührt, E., Michaelis, H., ...
From Hale-Bopp's activity to properties of its nucleus (2002)
Because of the outstanding brightness of comet Hale-Bopp reliable production rates of several molecules could be measured over a wide range of heliocentric distances. The H2O-activity of a comet is...
Autonomous early warning system for forest fires tested in Brandenburg, Germany (2001)
Kührt, E., Behnke, T., Jahn, H., Hetzheim, H., Knollenberg, J., Mertens, V., ...
Deep Space 1 - Test neuer Technologien im All (2001)
"Faster, better, cheaper", mit diesem Anspruch startete die NASA 1998 ihr New Millennium Programm. Mit einer Serie von kleinen Raumsonden sollen neue Technologien unter Weltraumbedingungen...
H2O-activity of comet Hale-Bopp (2000)
The outstanding brightnesss of comet Hale-Bopp allowed observers to measure reliable water production rates over a wide range of heliocentric distances (up to 5 AU). Different methods have been...
The Autonomous Early Warning System For Forest Fires tested in Brandenburg (Germany) (2000)
Kührt, E., Behnke, T., Jahn, H., Hetzheim, H., Knollenberg, J., Mertens, V., ...
OSIRIS - The optical spectroscopic and infrared remote imaging for the Rosetta orbiter. (1998)
Thomas, N., Keller, H. U., Arijs, E., Barbieri, C., Grande, M., Lamy, P. L., ...
Telemicroscopy and close-up imaging for the Rosetta Landers (1994)
Mottola, S., Arnold, G., Hirsch, H., Jaumann, R., Kührt, E., Lorenz, E., ...
Microscopic imaging allows to study the fine-scale texture and morphology of the cometary surface. The analysis supplements the surface mapping by the orbital Narrow Angle Camera at the landing site...
INEO - Imaging of Near Earth Objects (1993)
Iglseder, H.(1), Arens-Fischer, W.(1), Keller, H.U.(2), Arnold, G., Callies, R.(3), Fick, M.(3), ...
INEO is a program of four explorer flyby missions for imaging near Earth objects by means of small spin stabilized spacecrafts. A low cost approachis achieved by using wxisting hardware and available...
INEO, Imaging of Near Earth Objects. (1993)
Iglseder, H. (1), Arens-Fischer, W. (1), Keller, H.U. (2), Arnold, G., Callies, R. (3), Fick, M. (3), ...
Development of a Dust Mantle on the Surface of an Insolated Ice-Dust Mixture. (1993)
Grün, E. (1), Gebhard, J. (1), Bar-Nun, A., Benkhoff, J. (2), Düren, H., Eich, G., ...