In our pathway for Outer Planetary Exploration several mission concepts were considered, based on the proposed JIMO mission architecture. This paper describes a JIMO follow-on mission concept to Neptunes largest moon. Triton is a target of interest for outer solar system studies. It has a highly inclined retrograde orbit, suggesting that it may have been a Kuiper Belt object captured by Neptune. Given this assumption its composition, which may include organic materials, would be of significant scientific interest.
Exploring Triton with multiple landers
56th International Astronautical Congress ; 2005 ; Fukuoka, Japan
2005-10-17
Conference paper
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English
Exploring Triton With Multiple Landers
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