{"id":16546,"date":"2019-03-15T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/?page_id=16546"},"modified":"2020-04-09T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T10:46:13","slug":"rosetta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/en\/planets-stars-universe\/solar-system-and-beyond\/rosetta\/","title":{"rendered":"ROSETTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Subject line<\/strong>: Minor bodies of the Solar System<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Responsibility of the mission<\/strong>: ESA<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Date of launch<\/strong>: March 2<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>nd<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2004<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>End of mission<\/strong>: September 30<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2016<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sci.esa.int\/web\/rosetta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosetta<\/a> is the main Cornerstone mission of the ESA Horizon 2000 programme to explore the celestial bodies of the Solar System. Its goal is studying the origin of comets and the relations between their composition and interstellar matter, in order to better understand the origin of the Solar System.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the launch, which took place on March 2<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>nd<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2004, Rosetta performed three flybys to Earth (2005, 2007, 2009) and a flyby to Mars (2007), but it also performed two flybys to asteroids: Steins in 2008 and Lutetia in 2010. Immediately afterwards, the probe was hibernated: in fact, its panels were not able to guarantee enough energy to the onboard instruments and apparatus for the part of the journey at the maximum distance from the Sun. The deep hibernation of Rosetta lasted 31 months, then the probe woke up automatically, guided by one of its internal clocks and without any signal coming from Earth, on January 20<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2014. After waking up, Rosetta continued its adventure with another milestone: the rendezvous with the comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2014. Rosetta escorted the comet as it was getting close to the Sun and landed the Philae lander on it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The nominal end of the mission had been initially scheduled for December 2015, but the ESA Science Programme Committee (SPC) approved its extension until September 2016, that is until when the instruments of the probe could no longer be supplied with the Sun\u2019s energy. Therefore, the mission officially ended at 12:40 PM (Italian time) on September 30<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2016, by landing on the comet\u2019s surface after 12 years of operating life. <\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Scientific goals<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The main scientific goal of the mission was understanding the origin of comets and the relations between their composition and the interstellar matter. Unaltered materials can be searched through cometary exploration, since the external areas of the Solar System contain material that is rich in volatile substances and wasn\u2019t processed in the internal areas, characterised by high temperatures. The exploration of the comet involves characterising its nucleus and coma, determining their dynamic properties and studying their morphology and composition. In particular, the study of mineralogy and isotopic ratios of the volatile and refractory elements of the nucleus will provide precious information on the composition of the nebula that, according to current models, gave origin to the Solar System. To reach these goals, the shuttle orbited for a long time around the comet, following it as it was getting close to and then away from the Sun. The Philae lander, landed on the comet with the task of carrying out in-situ measurements and sampling material on the nucleus \u2018surface to conduct a detailed chemical-mineralogical analysis, was able to perform just a few of its tasks: due to a malfunctioning while anchoring to the comet\u2019s surface, the lander ran out of batteries and entered safe mode in the night of November 15<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, 2014. From that moment, and until the end of the mission, there were just some brief contacts, during which Philae was anyway able to send some important data packages. <\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Italian contribution<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Italian participation in mission, besides from supplying manpower to the Lander Project Team, involved both the orbiter and the lander. In the first case, three Italian instruments made the journey: VIRTIS (Visual InfraRed and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, whose PI is Doctor Fabrizio Capaccioni from IAPS-INAF Rome); GIADA (Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator, whose PI is Doctor Alessandra Rotundi from the University \u201cParthenope\u201d of Naples); the WAC (Wide Angle Camera, by Prof. Cesare Barbieri from the University of Padua. PI Dr. Holger Sierks, MP Institute f\u00fcr Sonnensystem) of the OSIRIS instrument. The sample acquisition and distribution system (SDS), designed by Galileo Avionica (PI Professor Amalia Ercoli Finzi from the Polytechnic University of Milan), and the subsystem of solar panels (Polytechnic University of Milan).<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">International agreements<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An international consortium, of which the ASI is part, was set up for the Philae lander: as well as manufacturing the SD2 and the Solar Arrays (SA), the ASI co-managed the project through a Deputy Project Manager, attended the Steering Committee and provided support for the activities related to the system and subsystems on the lander.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subject line: Minor bodies of the Solar System Responsibility of the mission: ESA Date of launch: March 2nd, 2004 End of mission: September 30th, 2016 &nbsp; Rosetta is the main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2570,"parent":16481,"menu_order":555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-timeline.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16546","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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