Below are listed publications related to the Comet Interceptor mission and its instruments that appear in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings. For general articles, please refer to the "In The Media" section accessible via the menu above.
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2023
- Vigren, E.; Eriksson, A. I.; Edberg, N. J. T.; Snodgrass, C., A potential aid in the target selection for the comet interceptor mission, Planetary and Space Science, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105765
- Costa, Henrique R.; da Silva Pais Cabral, Francisco; Villa, Victor Manuel Moreno; Gil, Paulo J. S., The Comet Interceptor Mission-Making a case for Solar Electric Propulsion, Acta Astronautica, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.04.050
- Fulle, Marco; Bockelée-Morvan, Dominique; La Forgia, Fiorangela, A possible selection criterion of the target of Comet Interceptor mission, Advances in Space Research, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.12.047
- Della Corte, V.; Ferretti, S.; Piccirillo, A. M.; Zakharov, V.; Di Paolo, F.; Rotundi, A.; Ammannito, E.; Amoroso, M.; Bertini, I.; Di Donato, P. and 15 more, DISC - the dust impact sensor and counter on-board Comet Interceptor: Characterization of the dust coma of a dynamically new comet, Advances in Space Research, 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.01.049
2022
- Marschall, Raphael; Zakharov, Vladimir; Tubiana, Cecilia; Kelley, Michael S. P.; van Damme, Carlos Corral; Snodgrass, Colin; Jones, Geraint H.; Ivanovski, Stavro L.; Postberg, Frank; Della Corte, Vincenzo and 5 more, Determining the dust environment of an unknown comet for a spacecraft flyby: The case of ESA's Comet Interceptor mission, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243648
- Machuca, P.; Ozaki, N.; Sánchez, J. P.; Felicetti, L., Dust impact and attitude analysis for JAXA's probe on the Comet Interceptor mission, Advances in Space Research, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.070
- Haslebacher, Nico; Gerig, Selina-Barbara; Thomas, Nicolas; Marschall, Raphael; Zakharov, Vladimir; Tubiana, Cecilia, A numerical model of dust particle impacts during a cometary encounter with application to ESA's Comet Interceptor mission, Acta Astronautica, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.02.023
- Preda, Valentin; Hyslop, Andrew; Bennani, Samir, Optimal science-time reorientation policy for the Comet Interceptor flyby via sequential convex programming, CEAS Space Journal, 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12567-021-00368-2
- Sánchez, Joan Pau, David Morante, Pablo Hermosin, Daniel Ranuschio, Alvaro Estalella, Dayana Viera, Simone Centuori, Geraint Jones, Colin Snodgrass, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, CeciliaTubiana, ESA F-Class Comet Interceptor: Trajectory design to intercept a yet-to-be-discovered comet, Acta Astronautica, Volume 188, November 2021, Pages 265-277. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.07.014 [Preprint]
- Brydon, George F. (2021) Spin-scanning Cameras for Planetary Exploration: Imager Analysis and Simulation. Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London). [Available online]
2020
- Schwamb, M. E, Knight, M. M, Jones, G. H., Snodgrass, C., Bucci, L., Sánchez Pérez, J. M., Skuppin, N., and for the Comet Interceptor Science Team, Potential Backup Targets for Comet Interceptor, Research Notes of the AAS, Volume 4, Number 2 (2020). doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab7300. [Open Access]
2019
- Snodgrass, C., Jones, G. H. The European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor lies in wait. Nat. Commun. 10, 5418 (2019). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13470-1. [Open Access]