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The Main Belt Comets and ice in the Solar System
We review the evidence for buried ice in the asteroid belt; specifically the questions around the so-called Main Belt Comets (MBCs). We summarise the...
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Space Weather at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Before its Perihelion
Interplanetary scintillation observations, as well as the ENLIL 3D-MHD model when employed either separately or in combination with the observations,...
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Advanced Curation of Astromaterials for Planetary Science
Just as geological samples from Earth record the natural history of our planet, astromaterials hold the natural history of our solar system and...
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Inventing a Space Machine: Breaking the Borders of Knowledge, Technology and Management
This introduction presents some of the characteristics of space missions and considers why they are stimulating for a study on innovation and why the...
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Laboratory Studies Towards Understanding Comets
This review presents some of the recent advancements in our understanding of comets facilitated by laboratory studies, need for new laboratory...
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New frontiers in the solar system
By the early 2000s, most solar system bodies had received at least a preliminary inspection by spacecraft, making it difficult for the US National...
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High Time for Another Mission?
It was nearly 30 years after the demise of Mariner 10 in March 1975 before the next mission to Mercury was launched. Such a delay is excusable given...
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Spectroradiometry with space telescopes
Radiometry, i.e. measuring the power of electromagnetic radiation—hitherto often referred to as “photometry”—is of fundamental importance in...
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Red Planet blues
Several months after initiating the development of the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA drew up its future Mars Exploration program architecture....
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The PLATO 2.0 mission
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA’s M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and...
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What the Future Holds
The German physicist and pioneer of quantum mechanics Neils Bohr was once heard to remark that, “Prediction is difficult; especially if it is about...
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Comets and Meteors
In this and the next chapter, we move away from the planets and look at the small bodies of the solar system. We begin with an indepth look at...
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Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances Addendum 2012–2014
Title page of Giuseppe Piazzi’s book “On the discovery of the new planet CERES FERDINANDEA, the eighth of those known in our solar system”. The...
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The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Science Objectives and Mast Unit Description
ChemCam is a remote sensing instrument suite on board the “Curiosity” rover (NASA) that uses Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to provide...
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Uranus Pathfinder: exploring the origins and evolution of Ice Giant planets
The “Ice Giants” Uranus and Neptune are a different class of planet compared to Jupiter and Saturn. Studying these objects is important for...
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The 2010 European Venus Explorer (EVE) mission proposal
The European Venus Explorer (EVE) mission described in this paper was proposed in December 2010 to ESA as an ‘M-class’ mission under the Cosmic...
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Rosetta—one comet rendezvous and two asteroid fly-bys
One of the two planetary cornerstone missions of the European Space Agency is the Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta is a...
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Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances
Discovered 1801 Jan. 1 by G. Piazzi at Palermo. (* MC 3, 604) Named after the Roman goddess of corn and harvests, daughter of Rhea {see planet (577)}...