Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
Hard lander missions to asteroids are examined using the Westphal penetrator study as a basis. Imagery and chemical information are considered to be the most significant science to be obtained. The latter, particularly a detailed chemical analysis performed on an uncontaminated sample, may answer questions about the relationships of asteroids to meteorites and the place of asteroids in theories of the formation of the solar system.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
NASA, Washington Asteroids; p 285-292
Format:
application/pdf
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