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New Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System | | Leslie A. Young
; S. Alan Stern
; Harold A. Weaver
; Fran Bagenal
; Richard P. Binzel
; Bonnie Buratti
; Andrew F. Cheng
; Dale Cruikshank
; G. Randall Gladstone
; William M. Grundy
; David P. Hinson
; Mihaly Horanyi
; Donald E. Jennings
; Ivan R. Linscott
; David J. McComas
; William B. McKinnon
; Ralph McNutt
; Jeffery M. Moore
; Scott Murchie
; Carolyn C. Porco
; Harold Reitsema
; Dennis C. Reuter
; John R. Spencer
; David C. Slater
; Darrell Strobel
; Michael E. Summers
; G. Leonard Tyler
; | | Date: |
26 Sep 2007 | | Abstract: | The New Horizons spacecraft will achieve a wide range of measurement
objectives at the Pluto system, including color and panchromatic maps,
1.25-2.50 micron spectral images for studying surface compositions, and
measurements of Pluto’s atmosphere (temperatures, composition, hazes, and the
escape rate). Additional measurement objectives include topography, surface
temperatures, and the solar wind interaction. The fulfillment of these
measurement objectives will broaden our understanding of the Pluto system, such
as the origin of the Pluto system, the processes operating on the surface, the
volatile transport cycle, and the energetics and chemistry of the atmosphere.
The mission, payload, and strawman observing sequences have been designed to
acheive the NASA-specified measurement objectives and maximize the science
return. The planned observations at the Pluto system will extend our knowledge
of other objects formed by giant impact (such as the Earth-moon), other objects
formed in the outer solar system (such as comets and other icy dwarf planets),
other bodies with surfaces in vapor-pressure equilibrium (such as Triton and
Mars), and other bodies with N2:CH4 atmospheres (such as Titan, Triton, and the
early Earth). | | Source: | arXiv, 0709.4270 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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