RPC


RPC
 
 
 
RPC (Rosetta Plasma Consortium). In this instrument, five sensors measure the physical properties of the nucleus, examine the structure of the inner coma,monitor cometary activity, and study the comet's interaction with the solar wind.
 
Investigators:
A. Eriksson, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
J. Burch, SwRI, San Antonio, TX., United States
K-H Glassmeier, TU Braunschweig, Germany
R. Lundin, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
J. G. Trotignon, LPCE/CNRS, Orleans, France
C. Carr, Imperial College, United Kingdom.
 
 
 
Last update: 22 October 2004

 •  Rosetta at a glance (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMYMF374OD_0.html)
 •  The Rosetta orbiter (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/ESAHVF7708D_0.html)
 •  The Rosetta lander (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/ESAMXF7708D_0.html)

Instruments on the orbiter

 •  ALICE (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMRHF374OD_0.html)
 •  CONSERT (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMUQ0474OD_0.html)
 •  COSIMA (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMCM0474OD_0.html)
 •  GIADA (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM0T0474OD_0.html)
 •  MIDAS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMGO0474OD_0.html)
 •  MIRO (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMXPZ374OD_0.html)
 •  OSIRIS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMYCF374OD_0.html)
 •  ROSINA (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM5K0474OD_0.html)
 •  RSI (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM101474OD_0.html)
 •  VIRTIS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM28Q374OD_0.html)

Instruments on the lander

 •  APXS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMBU5474OD_0.html)
 •  ÇIVA (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMZU5474OD_0.html)
 •  CONSERT (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM2W5474OD_0.html)
 •  COSAC (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMPW5474OD_0.html)
 •  MODULUS PTOLEMY (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMDX5474OD_0.html)
 •  MUPUS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMOX5474OD_0.html)
 •  ROLIS (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMIY5474OD_0.html)
 •  ROMAP (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMTY5474OD_0.html)
 •  SD2 (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM5Z5474OD_0.html)
 •  SESAME (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMGZ5474OD_0.html)