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Sun-grazing comets and tidal disruption.

Data interpretation for sun grazing family of comets deriving formulas for compressive and tensile stress in spherical bodies for tidal, rotational and self-gravitating fields

DATA ANALYSIS↗

Trajectories to Comets Using Solar Electric Propulsion

In situ analysis of a cometary nucleus and return of a sample are high priority scientific goals. Rendezvous and sample return trajectories to comets using low-thrust ion propulsion are presented.

trajectory comet low-thrust propulsion↗

Odyssey, a comet nucleus orbiter

Odyssey is an exciting comet nucleus orbiter mission submitted to the Discovery 2000 Annoucement of Opportunity.

comets solar system exploration Discovery program↗

Voyage ot the Heart of a Comet

Comets occasionally give a dazzling light displays in the night sky, but they may also help us to understand the chemical processes that led to our existence on Earth.

comets planetary orbits space technology↗

The Selicate Material In Comets

Silicates in comets appear to be a mix of high-temperature crystalline enstatite and forsterite plus glassy or amorphous grains that formed at lower temperatures.

comets Hale-Bopp silicates infrared spectra↗