| Name | AROSETTA |
| Title | ROSETTA TARGET ASTEROIDS |
| URL | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-lvag3v4 |
| Author | FULCHIGNONI, MARCELLO |
| Description | the scientific objective of this proposal is the set up of the physico-chemical models of the rosetta mission possible target asteroids based on the observations from iso and ground-based telescopes r^ant to both the optimization of the mission scenario and the refinement design of the payload instruments. in particular the proposer intends i) to determine the compositional type of possible target asteroids to contribute to the best choice of the targets to be included in the actual mission, ii) to study the texture and the composition of the asteroid surface layers to infer some of their bulk physical and chemical properties; iii) to model the thermal behaviour of the target asteroids; iv) to use all the data concerning the studied asteroids to constrain the reference model of the selected target asteroids. the mid- to far-infrared region contains a wealth of diagnostic spectral features but is basically unexploited in the study of asteroid surface composition. we propose to study the three most probable rosetta target asteroids (not yet defined at the time of the first call for iso proposal) by obtaining low resolution spectra in the range 2-45 microns. |
| Instrument | PHT03 , PHT40 |
| Temporal Coverage | 1997-06-13T00:09:56Z/1997-12-19T05:13:52Z |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Mission Description | The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was the worlds first true orbiting infrared observatory. Equipped with four highly-sophisticated and versatile scientific instruments, it was launched by Ariane in November 1995 and provided astronomers world-wide with a facility of unprecedented sensitivity and capabilities for a detailed exploration of the Universe at infrared wavelengths. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/iso/ |
| Date Published | 1999-01-08T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Infrared Space Observatory data, ESA ISO mission dataset, ISO infrared observations, mid-infrared astronomy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, ISOCAM imaging data, ISOPHOT photometry data, SWS short wavelength spectrometer data, LWS long wavelength spectrometer data, infrared spectral line observations, infrared imaging survey data, dust emission infrared observations, star formation infrared dataset, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH features data, active galactic nuclei infrared observations, circumstellar envelope infrared data, planetary nebula infrared spectroscopy, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated ISO data products, FITS files infrared astronomy, spectral energy distribution infrared data, continuum photometry dataset, infrared spectral cubes, flux-calibrated infrared maps, ESA ISO Data Archive, legacy infrared space mission dataset |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, FULCHIGNONI et al., 1999, 'ROSETTA TARGET ASTEROIDS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-lvag3v4 |