Revealing the Possible Existence of a Near-Surface Gradient in Local Properties of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Nucleus Through CONSERT Measurements

Valérie Ciarletti (1) , Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (1) , Jérémie Lasue (2) , Christoph Statz (3) , Dirk Plettemeier (3) , W. Kofman (4) , A. Herique (4)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 TU Dresden - Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology
4 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

We show how CONSERT data acquired at grazing angles during a single Rosetta flyby can be used to characterize the local permittivity gradient of the nucleus.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Valérie Ciarletti, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jérémie Lasue, Christoph Statz, Dirk Plettemeier, et al.. Revealing the Possible Existence of a Near-Surface Gradient in Local Properties of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Nucleus Through CONSERT Measurements. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2015, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. LPI Contribution No. 1832, p.2682. ⟨hal-01130473⟩