Comet Interceptor Team Meeting, IAA, Granada, December 2019
Prof. Geraint Jones Mission Principal Investigator |
Dr. Colin Snodgrass Mission Deputy Principal Investigator |
Dr Cecilia Tubiana Science Operations Coordinator Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, Germany |
Spacecraft A
Nicolas Thomas CoCa PI University of Bern, Switzerland |
Hanna Rothkaehl DFP PI CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland |
Martin Rubin MANIac PI University of Bern, Switzerland |
Neil Bowles MIRMIS PI University of Oxford, UK |
Antti Näsilä MIRMIS Co-PI VTT, Finland |
Spacecraft B1
Ryu Funase Spacecraft B1 PI University of Tokyo, Japan |
Shingo Kameda WAC/NAC PI Rikkyo University, Japan |
Satoshi Kasahara PS PI University of Tokyo, Japan |
Kazuo Yoshioka, HI PI University of Tokyo, Japan |
Spacecraft B2
Mihkel Pajusalu OPIC PI Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia |
Andris Slavinskis OPIC Co-PI Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia |
Geraint Jones EnVisS PI UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK |
Vania Da Deppo EnVisS Co-PI CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Padova, Italy |
Hanna Rothkaehl DFP PI CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland |
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CoCa - Comet Camera
PI: Nicolas Thomas, University of Bern, Switzerland Deputy PI: Antoine Pommerol, University of Bern, Switzerland DFP - Dust, Fields, and Plasma PI: Hanna Rothkaehl, CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland EnVIsS - Entire Visible Sky PI: Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK Co-PI: Vania Da Deppo, CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Padova, IT HI - Hydrogen Imager PI: Kazuo Yoshioka, The University of Tokyo, JP MANIAC - Mass Analyzer for Neutrals and Ions at Comets PI: Martin Rubin, University of Bern, Switzerland Deputy PI: Peter Wurz, University of Bern, Switzerland |
MIRMIS - Multispectral InfraRed Molecular and Ices Sensor
PI: Neil Bowles, University of Oxford, UK Co-PI: Antti Näsilä, VTT, FI OPIC - Optical Imager for Comets PI: Mihkel Pajusalu, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia Co-PI: Andris Slavinskis, Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia PS - Plasma Suite PI: Satoshi Kasahara, The University of Tokyo, JP Deputy-PI: Ayako Matsuoka, Kyoto University, JP WAC/ NAC - Wide Angle Camera / Narrow Angle Camera PI: Shingo Kameda, Rikkyo University, JP Deputy-PI: Naoya Sakatani, Rikkyo University, JP |
DFP - Additional Leadership Roles
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DISC Unit Co-PI Vincenzo Della Corte, INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy
DISC Deputy Unit Co-PI: Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples, Italy FGM (A) Unit Co-PI Uli Auster, TU Braunschweig, Germany FGM (B) Unit Co-PI: Marina Galand, Imperial College London, UK. FGM (B) Deputy Unit Co-PI: Martin Volwerk, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria LEES Unit Co-PI: Nicolas Andre, IRAP, France. LEES Deputy Unit Co-PI: Lubomir Prech, Charles University, Czech Republic |
COMPLIMENT Unit Co-PI: Pierre Henri, CNRS (LPC2E, Orléans & Lagrange, Nice), France.
COMPLIMENT Deputy Unit Co-PI: Niklas Edberg, IRF-Uppsala, Sweden. COMPLIMENT Deputy Unit Co-PI: Johan De Keyser, BIRA, Belgium SCIENA Unit Co-PI: Hans Nilsson, IRF-Kiruna, Sweden DAPU Unit Co-PI: Ivana Kolmasova, IAP, Praque, Czech Republic PSU Unit Co-PI: Marek Morawski, CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland |
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Prof. Dr. Jessica Agarwal far environment theme coordinator Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany 
Dr. Cyril Simon Wedlund far environment theme DEPUTY coordinator Institut für Weltraumforschung, Graz, Austria |
Countries contributing hardware or another significant contribution to the mission have a national mission Co-PI. Other countries and corresponding Co-PIs may be added to this list in future if a significant contribution is forthcoming.
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Italy - Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples
Estonia -Mihkel Pajusalu, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Finland - Tomas Kohout, University of Helsinki Sweden - Hans Nilsson, IRF-K Poland - H. Rothkaehl, CBK Germany - Jean-Baptiste Vincent, DLR Berlin France - Pierre Henri, LPC2E, Orléans Switzerland - Nicolas Thomas, Phys. Inst., Univ. Bern UK - Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Belgium - Johan De Keyser, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Czechia - Ivana Kolmasova Japan - Ryu Funase, University of Tokyo Spain - Luisa M Lara, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía Austria - Martin Volwerk, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz USA - Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Jessica Agarwal | Technische Universität Braunschweig | Germany |
| Nicolas Andre | IRAP | France |
| Kazushi Asamura | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan |
| Uli Auster | TU-Braunschweig | Germany |
| Stefano Bagnulo | Armagh Observatory and Planetarium | United Kingdom |
| Michele Bannister | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
| Ivano Bertini | Parthenope University Naples | Italy |
| Neil Bowles | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Maria Teresa Capria | National Astrophysics Institute (INAF) - Institute for Astrophysics and Space Planetology (IAPS) | Italy |
| Chris Carr | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| Andrew Coates | UCL-MSSL | United Kingdom |
| Vania Da Deppo | CNR-IFN | Italy |
| Björn Davidsson | Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology | United States |
| Johan De Keyser | Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | Belgium |
| Vincenzo Della Corte | INAF IAPS | Italy |
| Niklas Edberg | Swedish Institute of Space Physics - Uppsala | Sweden |
| Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry | Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom |
| Anders Eriksson | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Ryu Funase | JAXA/ISAS | Japan |
| Marina Galand | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| Charlotte Götz | ESA/ESTEC | Netherlands |
| Benjamin Greenhagen | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) | United States |
| Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre | CNRS / Univ Lyon | France |
| Herbert Gunell | Umeå University | Sweden |
| Pierre Henri | CNRS (LPC2E & Lagrange), France | France |
| Tilak Hewagama | University of Maryland & NASA/GSFC | United States |
| Laura Inno | Parthenope University of Naples and INAF | Italy |
| Geraint Jones | UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory | United Kingdom |
| Shingo Kameda | Rikkyo University | Japan |
| Satoshi Kasahara | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Hideyo Kawakita | Kyoto Sangyo Univeristy / Koyama Astronomical Observatory | Japan |
| Akos Kereszturi | Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly Astronomical Institute | Hungary |
| Matthew Knight | United States Naval Academy | United States |
| Joerg Knollenberg | DLR Institute fo Planetary Research | Germany |
| Tomas Kohout | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| Ivana Kolmasova | Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Czech Academy of Sciences | Czech Republic |
| Konrad Kossacki | University of Warsaw | Poland |
| Masaki Kuwabara | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan |
| Luisa M. Lara | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC | Spain |
| Benoit Lavraud | IRAP, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Université de Toulouse | France |
| Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd | Sorbonne Université / LATMOS | France |
| Stephen Lowry | University of Kent | United Kingdom |
| Raphael Marschall | Southwest Research Institute | United States |
| Ayako Matsuoka | Kyoto University | Japan |
| Marco Micheli | ESA NEO Coordination Centre | Italy |
| Go Murakami | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan |
| Naofumi Murata | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Japan |
| Antti Näsilä | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd | Finland |
| Hans Nilsson | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Mihkel Pajusalu | Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu | Estonia |
| Antti Penttilä | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| Antoine Pommerol | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Frank Postberg | Freie Universität Berlin | Germany |
| Lubomir Prech | Charles University, Prague | Czech Republic |
| Silvia Protopapa | Southwest Research Institute | United States |
| Sean Raymond | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (CNRS) | France |
| Hanna Rothkaehl | CBK PAN | Poland |
| Alessandra Rotundi | Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" | Italy |
| Martin Rubin | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Yoshifumi Saito | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan |
| Naoya Sakatani | Rikkyo University | Japan |
| Joan-Pau Sanchez | Cranfield University | United Kingdom |
| Meg Schwamb | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom |
| Andris Slavinskis | Aalto University | Finland |
| Colin Snodgrass | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| Jan Soucek | Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences | Czech Republic |
| Nicolas Thomas | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Cecilia Tubiana | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | Germany |
| Geronimo Villanueva | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | United States |
| Jean-Baptiste Vincent | DLR Institute for Planetary Research | Germany |
| Martin Volwerk | Space Research institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Xiaodong Wang | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Tristram Warren | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Peter Wurz | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Shoichiro Yokota | Osaka University | Japan |
| Ichiro Yoshikawa | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Kazuo Yoshioka | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Shahid Aslam | NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center | United States |
| Arnaud Beth | Umeå University | Sweden |
| George Brydon | University College London Mullard Space Science Laboratory | United Kingdom |
| Maximilian Bührer | Aalto University | Finland |
| Alberto Buzzoni | INAF - OAS Astrophysics and Space Science Observatory, Bologna | Italy |
| Albino Carbognani | Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) | Italy |
| Matteo Ceriotti | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| Jan Deca | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics | United States |
| Frederik Dhooghe | BIRA-IASB | Belgium |
| Kerri Donaldson Hanna | University of Oxford/University of Central Florida | United States |
| Sara Faggi | NASA/GSFC - American University | United States |
| Giampaolo Ferraioli | Università di Napoli "Parthenope" | Italy |
| Estela Fernandez-Valenzuela | Florida Space Institute | United States |
| Elisa Frattin | University of Padua | Italy |
| Marco Fulle | INAF Trieste | Italy |
| Yoshifumi Futaana | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Daniel Gardener | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| Philippe Garnier | IRAP | France |
| Vincent Génot | IRAP | France |
| Mikael Granvik | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| Amara Graps | Baltics in Space | Latvia |
| Olivier Groussin | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille | France |
| Bastian Gundlach | Institute for Geophysics and extraterrestrial Physics | Germany |
| Pedro José Gutiérrez | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía | Spain |
| Axel Hagermann | University of Stirling | United Kingdom |
| Rajkumar Hajra | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | India |
| Nico Haslebacher | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Daniel Hestroffer | IMCCE/Paris observatory | France |
| Iaroslav Iakubuvskyi | Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu | Estonia |
| Patrick Irwin | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Quazi Saimoon Islam | University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory | Estonia |
| Stavro Ivanovski | INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste | Italy |
| Hantao Ji | Princeton University | United States |
| Laurent Jorda | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille | France |
| Mihkel Kama | University College London (secondary: Tartu Observatory, Estonia) | United Kingdom |
| Michael Kelley | University of Maryland | United States |
| Joosep Kivasttik | University of Tartu Tartu Observatory | Estonia |
| Rosita Kokotanekova | ESO | Germany |
| Ekkehard Kuehrt | DLR | Germany |
| Fiorangela La Forgia | University of Padova | Italy |
| Monica Lazzarin | Padova University-Department of Physics and Astronomy | Italy |
| Zhong-Yi Lin | Institute of Astronomy, NCU | Taiwan |
| Tim Lister | Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) | United States |
| Andrea Longobardo | INAF-IAPS | Italy |
| David Malaspina | University of Colorado | USA |
| Zita Martins | Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) | Portugal |
| Brian May | Self supporting scientist | United Kingdom |
| Christian Mazelle | IRAP | France |
| Elena Mazzotta Epifani | INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma | Italy |
| Alessandra Migliorini | INAF-IAPS | Italy |
| Fernando Moreno | Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC | Spain |
| Stefano Mottola | DLR Berlin | Germany |
| Karri Muinonen | University of Helsinki, Department of Physics | Finland |
| Olga Muñoz | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC | Spain |
| Andreas Nathues | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | Germany |
| Zoltan Nemeth | Wigner Research Centre for Physics | Hungary |
| Cyrielle Opitom | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| Manish Patel | The Open University | United Kingdom |
| Ingo Richter | Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU-Braunschweig | Germany |
| Giovanna Rinaldi | IAPS-INAF | Italy |
| Ondrej Santolik | Department of Space Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague | Czech Republic |
| Boris Segret | Observatoire de Paris - PSL Universite | France |
| Yoshiharu Shinnaka | Kyoto Sangyo University | Japan |
| Katherine Shirley | Univeristy of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Giuseppe Sindoni | Italian Space Agency (ASI) | Italy |
| Imre Tóth | Konkoly Observatory of Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences | Hungary |
| Massimiliano Vasile | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
| Gaetan Wattieaux | LAPLACE | France |
| Cyril Simon Wedlund | Institut für Weltraumforschung | Austria |
| Paul Wiegert | The Unversity of Western Ontario | Canada |
| Vladimir Zakharov | IAPS INAF | Italy |
| Paola Zuppella | CNR-IFN | Italy |
International Collaborations
CoPhyLab - Comet Physics Laboratory: B. Gundlach and colleagues (DE, AT, CH)
CoPhyLab - Comet Physics Laboratory: B. Gundlach and colleagues (DE, AT, CH)
EnVisS
Claudio Pernechele, INAF, Padova, IT
Richard Cole, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Jose M. Castro Marin, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, ES
Other instrument team technical leads to be added soon!
Claudio Pernechele, INAF, Padova, IT
Richard Cole, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Jose M. Castro Marin, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, ES
Other instrument team technical leads to be added soon!
Chair Colin Snodgrass University of Edinburgh, UK
LSST representative Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Observations coordinator Matthew Knight United States Naval Academy, USA
Trajectory design lead Joan Pau Sanchez Cuartielles Cranfield University, UK
Orbit Analysis lead Marco Micheli ESA NEO Coordination Centre
Comet models coordinator Aurelie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS/Université de Lyon, France
LSST representative Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Observations coordinator Matthew Knight United States Naval Academy, USA
Trajectory design lead Joan Pau Sanchez Cuartielles Cranfield University, UK
Orbit Analysis lead Marco Micheli ESA NEO Coordination Centre
Comet models coordinator Aurelie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS/Université de Lyon, France
| Clémence Agrapart | CNRS/LPC2E | France |
| Vesa Alatalo | Swedish Institute of Space physics | Sweden |
| Stettler Alexander | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Thomas Beck | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Gerhard Berghofer | Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Martin Berglund | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Mathias Brändli | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Martin-Diego Busch | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Jose M. Castro-Marin | Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC | Spain |
| Fabrice Colin | CNRS LPC2E | France |
| Chiaki Crews | The Open University | United Kingdom |
| Victoria Cripps | Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala (IRF-Uppsala) | Sweden |
| Thierry de Roche | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Andreas Edström | IRF | Sweden |
| Andrey Fedorov | IRAP UPS CNRS | France |
| Richárd Flonta | Admatis Ltd. | Hungary |
| Jesper Fredriksson | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Thomas Gerber | University of Bern / WP | Switzerland |
| Benjamin Grison | Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS | Czech Republic |
| Miguel Luis Herranz De La Revilla | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia CSIC | Spain |
| Jiri Jansky | IAP CAS | Czech Republic |
| Harald Jeszenszky | Space Research Institute (IWF) / Austrian Academy of Sciences of Sciences | Austria |
| Jaime Jiménez Ortega | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia - CSIC | Spain |
| Leif Kalla | IRF | Sweden |
| Máté Kerényi | IRF | Sweden |
| Zsolt Kovács | ADMATIS LTD. | Hungary |
| Máté Krisztián Kubi | Admatis Ltd. | Hungary |
| Robert Labudda | IRF | Sweden |
| Gunter Laky | Space Research Institute / Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Radek Lan | IAP CAS | Czech Republicy |
| Olivier Le Duff | CNRS | France |
| Stefan Leitner | Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Werner Magnes | Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Ignacio Martinez Navajas | IAA-CSIC | Spain |
| Neville Mehta | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Mirko Meier | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Harald Michaelis | DLR | Germany |
| Aude-Lyse Millet | CNRS / LPC2E | France |
| Shintaro Nakajima | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS, JAXA) | Japan |
| Dan Ohlsson | IRF | Sweden |
| Magnus Oja | IRF | Sweden |
| Jonas Olsen | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Rikard Ottemark | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Naoya Ozaki | JAXA | Japan |
| Karin Pai | University of Tartu | Estonia |
| Aditya Savio Paul | University of Tartu ( Tartu Observatory )e | Estonia |
| Claudio Pernechele | National Institute for Astrophysics | Italy |
| Joakim Peterson | Swedish Institute for Space Physics | Sweden |
| Daniele Piazza | UBE | Switzerland |
| David Pisa | Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague | Czech Republic |
| Walter Puccio | IRFU | Sweden |
| Gergo Rakosi | Admatis Ltd | Hungary |
| Sylvain Ranvier | Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | Belgium |
| Martin Rieder | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Julio Rodrigo | IAA-CSIC | Spain |
| Gabriel Jörg Schwarzkopf | Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering | Germany |
| Manabu Shimoyama | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Jens Simon | DLR | Germany |
| Atakan Sirin | Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) | Sweden |
| Matthew Soman | The Open University | United Kingdom |
| Reimo Soosaar | University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory | Estonia |
| Manfred Steller | Space Research Institute, Graz | Austria |
| Ludek Uhlir | Institute of Atmospheric Physics | Czech Republic |
| Naoto Usami | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| Timo Väisänen | Aalto University | Finland |
| Aris Valavanoglou | Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences | Austria |
| Jakub Vaverka | Charles University | Czech Republic |
| Wei Wang Jungo | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Martin Wieser | Swedish Institute of Space Physics | Sweden |
| Sebastian Wolf | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Balazs Zabori | Centre for Energy Research | Hungary |
| Claudio Zimmermann | University of Bern | Switzerland |