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Koen Geurts
Researcher at German Aerospace Center
Publications - 18
Citations - 514
Koen Geurts is an academic researcher from German Aerospace Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Comet & Comet nucleus. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 18 publications receiving 421 citations.
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The landing(s) of Philae and inferences about comet surface mechanical properties
Jens Biele,Stephan Ulamec,Michael Maibaum,Reinhard Roll,Lars Witte,Eric Jurado,Pablo Muñoz,Pablo Muñoz,Walter Arnold,Hans-Ulrich Auster,Carlos M. Casas,Carlos M. Casas,Claudia Faber,Cinzia Fantinati,Felix Finke,Hans-Herbert Fischer,Koen Geurts,Carsten Güttler,Philip Heinisch,Alain Herique,Stubbe F. Hviid,Günter Kargl,Martin Knapmeyer,Jörg Knollenberg,Wlodek Kofman,Norbert I. Kömle,Ekkehard Kührt,Valentina Lommatsch,Stefano Mottola,Ramon Pardo de Santayana,Ramon Pardo de Santayana,Emile Remetean,Frank Scholten,Klaus J. Seidensticker,Holger Sierks,Tilman Spohn +35 more
TL;DR: The precise circumstances of the multiple landings of Philae, including the bouncing trajectory and rebound parameters, are reported, based on engineering data in conjunction with operational instrument data, which provide information on the mechanical properties of the comet surface.
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Rosetta Lander - Landing and operations on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Stephan Ulamec,Cinzia Fantinati,Michael Maibaum,Koen Geurts,Jens Biele,Sven Jansen,Oliver Küchemann,Barbara Cozzoni,Felix Finke,Valentina Lommatsch,Aurelie Moussi-Soffys,Cedric Delmas,Laurence O´Rourke +12 more
TL;DR: The Rosetta Lander Philae is part of the ESA Rosetta Mission which reached comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a 10 year cruise in August 2014.
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Rosetta Lander – Philae: Landing preparations☆
Stephan Ulamec,Jens Biele,Alejandro Blazquez,Barbara Cozzoni,Cedric Delmas,Cinzia Fantinati,Philippe Gaudon,Koen Geurts,Eric Jurado,Oliver Küchemann,Valentina Lommatsch,Michael Maibaum,Holger Sierks,Lars Witte +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the selection process for a landing site and the planning for separation, descent and landing (SDL) strategy for the Rosetta and Philae land on November 12th and perform in-situ studies of the cometary material.
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Landing on small bodies: From the Rosetta Lander to MASCOT and beyond
Stephan Ulamec,Jens Biele,Pierre-W. Bousquet,Philippe Gaudon,Koen Geurts,Tra-Mi Ho,Christian Krause,Caroline Lange,Rainer Willnecker,Lars Witte +9 more
TL;DR: The first dedicated comet Lander is Philae, an element of ESA's Rosetta mission to comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, currently foreseen for November 2014.