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Michael Küppers

Researcher at European Space Agency

Publications -  180
Citations -  10779

Michael Küppers is an academic researcher from European Space Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Comet & Asteroid. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 175 publications receiving 9515 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Küppers include Spanish National Research Council & Max Planck Society.

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On the nucleus structure and activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Holger Sierks, +70 more
- 23 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: Images from the OSIRIS scientific imaging system onboard Rosetta show that the nucleus of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko consists of two lobes connected by a short neck, which raises the question of whether the two Lobes represent a contact binary formed 4.5 billion years ago, or a single body where a gap has evolved via mass loss.
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Dust measurements in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko inbound to the Sun

Alessandra Rotundi, +90 more
- 23 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the GIADA (Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator) experiment on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was used to detect 35 outflowing grains of mass 10−10 to 10−7 kilograms.
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OSIRIS – The Scientific Camera System Onboard Rosetta

TL;DR: The Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) as discussed by the authors is the scientific camera system onboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which consists of a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) and a wide angle Camera (WAC) units accompanied by three electronics boxes.