CASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and survey

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dc.contributor.authorBowles, Neil E.
dc.contributor.authorSnodgrass, Colin
dc.contributor.authorGibbings, Alison
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Joan-Pau
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Jessica A.
dc.contributor.authorEccleston, Paul
dc.contributor.authorAndert, Tom
dc.contributor.authorProbst, A.
dc.contributor.authorNaletto, Giampiero
dc.contributor.authorVandaele, A. C.
dc.contributor.authorde Leon, J.
dc.contributor.authorNathues, A.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Ian R.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorJorda, Laurent
dc.contributor.authorDa Deppo, Vania
dc.contributor.authorHaack, H.
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Simon F.
dc.contributor.authorCarry, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorDonaldson Hanna, Kerri L.
dc.contributor.authorLeif Jorgensen, J.
dc.contributor.authorKereszturi, Akos
dc.contributor.authorDeMeo, F. E.
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Manish R.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, John K.
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Fraser
dc.contributor.authorKinch, K.
dc.contributor.authorGuilbert-Lepoutre, A.
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, J.
dc.contributor.authorRivkin, Andy S.
dc.contributor.authorPravec, Petr
dc.contributor.authorFornasier, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorGranvik, Mikael
dc.contributor.authorJones, Rhian H.
dc.contributor.authorMurdoch, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorJoy, Katherine H.
dc.contributor.authorPascale, Enzo
dc.contributor.authorTecza, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Jenny M.
dc.contributor.authorLicandro, J.
dc.contributor.authorGreenhagen, Benjamin T.
dc.contributor.authorCalcutt, Simon B.
dc.contributor.authorMarriner, C. M.
dc.contributor.authorWarren, Tristram
dc.contributor.authorTosh, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-16T11:41:04Z
dc.date.available2018-11-16T11:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-01
dc.description.abstractCASTAway is a mission concept to explore our Solar System’s main asteroid belt. Asteroids and comets provide a window into the formation and evolution of our Solar System and the composition of these objects can be inferred from space-based remote sensing using spectroscopic techniques. Variations in composition across the asteroid populations provide a tracer for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. The mission combines a long-range (point source) telescopic survey of over 10,000 objects, targeted close encounters with 10–20 asteroids and serendipitous searches to constrain the distribution of smaller (e.g. 10 m) size objects into a single concept. With a carefully targeted trajectory that loops through the asteroid belt, CASTAway would provide a comprehensive survey of the main belt at multiple scales. The scientific payload comprises a 50 cm diameter telescope that includes an integrated low-resolution (R = 30–100) spectrometer and visible context imager, a thermal (e.g. 6–16 µm) imager for use during the flybys, and modified star tracker cameras to detect small (∼10 m) asteroids. The CASTAway spacecraft and payload have high levels of technology readiness and are designed to fit within the programmatic and cost caps for a European Space Agency medium class mission, while delivering a significant increase in knowledge of our Solar System.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBowles NE, Snodgrass C, Gibbings A, et al., (2018) CASTAway: an asteroid main belt tour and survey. Advances in Space Research Volume 62, Issue 8, October 2018, pp. 1998-2025en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0273-1177
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.10.021
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13651
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectMain Asteroid Belten_UK
dc.subjectSurveyen_UK
dc.subjectFlybyen_UK
dc.subjectMappingen_UK
dc.subjectRemote sensingen_UK
dc.titleCASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and surveyen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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