The science objective of this work was to identify objects in the Kuiper Belt which will, in the 5 years following Pluto encounter, be close to the flight path of NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Express. Currently, launch is scheduled for 2004 with a flight time of about 1 decade. Early identification of post-Pluto targets is important for mission design and orbit refinement. An object or objects close enough to the flight path can be visited and studied at high resolution, using only residual gas in the thrusters to affect a close encounter.


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    Titel :

    Kuiper Belt Objects Along the Pluto Express Path


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1998-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :






    Pluto: King of the Kuiper Belt

    Bond, Peter | Springer Verlag | 2007