New Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System

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dc.creatorYoung, Leslie A.
dc.creatorStern, S. Alan
dc.creatorWeaver, Harold A.
dc.creatorBagenal, Fran
dc.creatorBinzel, Richard P.
dc.creatorBuratti, Bonnie
dc.creatorCheng, Andrew F.
dc.creatorCruikshank, Dale
dc.creatorGladstone, G. Randall
dc.creatorGrundy, William M.
dc.creatorHinson, David P.
dc.creatorHoranyi, Mihaly
dc.creatorJennings, Donald E.
dc.creatorLinscott, Ivan R.
dc.creatorMcComas, David J.
dc.creatorMcKinnon, William B.
dc.creatorMcNutt, Ralph
dc.creatorMoore, Jeffery M.
dc.creatorMurchie, Scott
dc.creatorPorco, Carolyn C.
dc.creatorReitsema, Harold
dc.creatorReuter, Dennis C.
dc.creatorSpencer, John R.
dc.creatorSlater, David C.
dc.creatorStrobel, Darrell
dc.creatorSummers, Michael E.
dc.creatorTyler, G. Leonard
dc.date2007-09-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:21:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:21:40Z
dc.descriptionThe New Horizons spacecraft will achieve a wide range of measurement objectives at the Pluto system, including color and panchromatic maps, 1.25-2.50 micron spectral images for studying surface compositions, and measurements of Pluto's atmosphere (temperatures, composition, hazes, and the escape rate). Additional measurement objectives include topography, surface temperatures, and the solar wind interaction. The fulfillment of these measurement objectives will broaden our understanding of the Pluto system, such as the origin of the Pluto system, the processes operating on the surface, the volatile transport cycle, and the energetics and chemistry of the atmosphere. The mission, payload, and strawman observing sequences have been designed to acheive the NASA-specified measurement objectives and maximize the science return. The planned observations at the Pluto system will extend our knowledge of other objects formed by giant impact (such as the Earth-moon), other objects formed in the outer solar system (such as comets and other icy dwarf planets), other bodies with surfaces in vapor-pressure equilibrium (such as Triton and Mars), and other bodies with N2:CH4 atmospheres (such as Titan, Triton, and the early Earth).
dc.description40 pages, 9 figures, 7 tables; To appear in a special volume of Space Science Reviews on the New Horizons mission
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.4270
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.4270
dc.identifierSpace Sci.Rev.140:93-127,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s11214-008-9462-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213412
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleNew Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System
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