New Horizons Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt /

The New Horizons mission provides the first in situ reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt, arguably the last frontier of solar system exploration. This book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, and instruments in articles written by the scientists and engi...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Russell, C. T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Foreword
  • The New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt Mission: An Overview with Historical Context
  • The New Horizons Spacecraft
  • New Horizons Mission Design
  • Overview of the New Horizons Science Payload
  • New Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System
  • Ralph: A Visible/Infrared Imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt Mission
  • ALICE: The Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph Aboard the New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt Mission
  • Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager on New Horizons
  • The New Horizons Radio Science Experiment (REX)
  • The Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) Instrument Aboard New Horizons
  • The Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) on the New Horizons Mission
  • The Student Dust Counter on the New Horizons Mission.