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most citedThe Rosetta mission orbiter Science overview the comet phase

122 citations · 245 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

Experimental Characterization of the Pyridine:Acetylene Co-crystal and Implications for Titan's Surface

Ellen C. Czaplinski, Tuan H. Vu, Morgan L. Cable +3

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has a plethora of organic compounds in the atmosphere and on the surface that interact with each other. Cryominerals such as co-crystals may influence…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 11 cited

CO2-driven surface changes in the Hapi region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Björn J. R. Davidsson, F. Peter Schloerb, Sonia Fornasier +24

Between 2014 December 31 and 2015 March 17, the OSIRIS cameras on Rosetta documented the growth of a 140m wide and 0.5m deep depression in the Hapi region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Ge…

cs.RO2021★ 11 cited

Operations for Autonomous Spacecraft

Rebecca Castano, Tiago Vaquero, Federico Rossi +20

Onboard autonomy technologies such as planning and scheduling, identification of scientific targets, and content-based data summarization, will lead to exciting new space science m…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 9 cited

Vertical compositional variations of liquid hydrocarbons in Titan's alkanofers

Daniel Cordier, David A. Bonhommeau, Tuan H. Vu +2

According to clues left by the Cassini mission, Titan, one of the two Solar System bodies with a hydrologic cycle, may harbor liquid hydrocarbon-based analogs of our terrestrial aq…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Case for Non-Cryogenic Comet Nucleus Sample Return

Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Alexander G. Hayes, Scott Sandford +22

Comets hold answers to mysteries of the Solar System by recording presolar history, the initial states of planet formation and prebiotic organics and volatiles to the early Earth.…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Science Case for a Titan Flagship-class Orbiter with Probes

Conor A. Nixon, James Abshire, Andrew Ashton +36

We outline a flagship-class mission concept focused on studying Titan as a global system, with particular emphasis on the polar regions. Investigating Titan from the unique standpo…