The Comet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR): A NASA Discovery Mission

Anita Cochran; Joseph Veverka; James Bell; Michael Belton; Johannes Benkhoff; Andrew Cheng; Benton Clark; Paul Feldman; Jochen Kissel; Paul Mahaffy; Michael Malin; Scott Murchie; Hasso Neimann; Tobias Owen; Mark Robinson; Gerhard Schwehm; Steve Squyres; Peter Thomas; Fred Whipple; Donald Yeomans

doi:10.1023/A:1021567007750

The Comet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR): A NASA Discovery Mission

Anita Cochran, Joseph Veverka, James Bell, Michael Belton, Johannes Benkhoff, Andrew Cheng, Benton Clark, Paul Feldman, Jochen Kissel, Paul Mahaffy, Michael Malin, Scott Murchie, Hasso Neimann, Tobias Owen, Mark Robinson, Gerhard Schwehm, Steve Squyres, Peter Thomas, Fred Whipple, Donald Yeomans

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In 1997, the COmet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) was selected by NASA for a new start as part of the Discovery line. In this paper, we review the status of the mission, the mission timeline and the instruments to be flown. Detail is given of the science goals and how they are to be accomplished.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	289-300
Number of pages	12
Journal	Earth, Moon and Planets
Volume	89
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021567007750
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Comets
Missions

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Space and Planetary Science

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Cochran, A., Veverka, J., Bell, J., Belton, M., Benkhoff, J., Cheng, A., Clark, B., Feldman, P., Kissel, J., Mahaffy, P., Malin, M., Murchie, S., Neimann, H., Owen, T., Robinson, M., Schwehm, G., Squyres, S., Thomas, P., Whipple, F., & Yeomans, D. (2002). The Comet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR): A NASA Discovery Mission. Earth, Moon and Planets, 89(1-4), 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021567007750

Cochran, A, Veverka, J, Bell, J, Belton, M, Benkhoff, J, Cheng, A, Clark, B, Feldman, P, Kissel, J, Mahaffy, P, Malin, M, Murchie, S, Neimann, H, Owen, T, Robinson, M, Schwehm, G, Squyres, S, Thomas, P, Whipple, F & Yeomans, D 2002, 'The Comet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR): A NASA Discovery Mission', Earth, Moon and Planets, vol. 89, no. 1-4, pp. 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021567007750

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