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The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) Mission to comet Giacobini-Zinner (G/Z)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.C. Brandt ,
R.W. Farquhar ,
S.P. Maran ,
M.B. Niedner  and
T. von Rosenvinge
J.C. Brandt
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
R.W. Farquhar
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
S.P. Maran
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
M.B. Niedner
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
T. von Rosenvinge
Affiliation:
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

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The ICE spacecraft will pass through the tail of P/Giacobini-Zinner on September 11, 1985, to make in situ measurements of particles, fields, and waves that will contribute significantly to the knowledge of plasma tails and other aspects of the cometary/solar wind interaction. By obtaining data on the downstream side of G/Z, the ICE will complement the later upstream measurements obtained by the Comet Halley probes.

Type
Section VII. Comet P/Halley and Future Missions to Comets
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 83: Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution , 1985 , pp. 405 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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