Comet Interceptor Science Working Team (SWT)

 

This website contains information and material from meetings of the Science Working Team (SWT) and its Working Groups.

The Comet Interceptor SWT advises ESA on all scientific aspects of the mission. All instruments are represented in the SWT, together with four Interdisciplinary Scientists.

Below are the lists of Comet Interceptor instruments and their lead scientists, and of the Interdisciplinary Scientsts.

Comet Interceptor Instruments and Lead Scientists
Instrument Name Institution Function
Comet Camera (CoCa) Nicolas Thomas Univ. Bern, Switzerland CoCa Lead Scientist
       
Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP) Hanna Rothkaehl Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland DFP Lead Scientist
  Vincenzo della Corte INAF-OACN, Naples, Italy DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Marina Galand Imperial College, London, UK DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Pierre Henri CNRS, Orleans and Nice, France DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Uli Auster TU Braunschweig, Germany DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Nicolas Andre IRAP, France DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Hans Nilsson IRF-Kiruna, Sweden DFP Co-Lead Scientist
  Ivana Kolmasova IAP, Praque, Czech Republic DFP Co-Lead Scientist
       
Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC) Martin Rubin Univ. Bern, Switzerland MANIaC Lead Scientist
       
Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS) Neil Bowles Univ. Oxford, UK MIRMIS Lead Scientist
  Antti Näsilä

VTT, Espoo, Finland

 MIRMIS Co-Lead Scientist
  Geronimo Villanueva NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre MIRMIS Co-Lead Scientist
       
Hydrogen Imager (HI)  Kazuo Yoshioka Univ. of Tokyo, Japan HI Lead Scientist
       
Narrow Angle Camera/Wide Angle Camera (NAC/WAC) Naoya Sakatani JAXA, Japan NAC/WAC Lead Scientist
  Shingo Kameda Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan NAC/WAC Co-Lead Scientist
       
Plasma Suite (PS) Satoshi Kasahara University of Tokyo, Japan PS Lead Scientist
  Ayako Matsuoka Kyoto University, Japan PS Co-Lead Scientist
       
Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS) Vania Da Deppo CNR-IFN, Padova, Italy EnVisS Lead Scientist
  Luisa Lara IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain EnVisS Co-Lead Scientist
       
Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC) Mihkel Pajusalu Univ. of Tartu, Estonia OPIC Lead Scientist

 

 

 

Comet Interceptor Interdisciplinary Scientists
Name Institution
Sonia Fornasier Paris Observatory, France
Elena Martellato INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy
Colin Snodgrass University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Seiji Sugita University of Tokyo, Japan

 

The SWT is supported by Working Groups (WGs):

 

The members of the Science Operations Working Group are:  

Name Institution Function or Instrument represented
Antoine Pommerol Univ. Bern, Switzerland Comet Camera (CoCa)
Mariusz Pozoga Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP)
Jan Soucek IAP, Prague, Czech Republic DFP
Anthony Servonet Univ. Bern, Switzerland Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC)
Tomas Kohout Univ. Helsinki, Finland Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS)
Kazuo Yoshioka Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Probe B1 Representative
Vincenzo della Corte INAF-OACN, Naples, Italy Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS)
Mihkel Pajusalu Univ. of Tartu, Estonia Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC)
Johan de Keyser Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomie, Brussels, Belgium Comet Interceptor Science Data Centre (CISDC) Representative

 

 

 

The members of the Target Identification WG are:

Name Institution
Colin Snodgrass (chair) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Seiji Sugita (chair) University of Tokyo, Japan
Nicolas Biver LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France
Laura Inno Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
Rosita Kokotanekova Institute of Astronomy, Sofia and National Astronomical Observatory, Rozhen, Bulgaria
Monica Lazzarin University of Padova, Italy
Elena Mazzotta Epifani INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy
Takafumi Ootsubo University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Joan-Pau Sánchez Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Toulouse, France

 

 

The members of the Comet Envrionment WG are:
 

Name Institution Function or Subgroup
Sonia Fornasier LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France Chair
Elena Martellato INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy Chair
     
Nicholas Attree IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain Nucleus
Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, France Nucleus (chair)
Pedro Lacerda University of Leiden, The Netherlands Nucleus
Stephen Lowry University of Kent, United Kingdom Nucleus
Katharina Otto DLR - Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany Nucleus
Antti Penttilä University of Helsinki, Finland Nucleus
Katherine Shirley University of Oxford, United Kingdom Nucleus
     
Stefano Bagnulo Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, United Kingdom Near Environment
Ivano Bertini Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples 'Parthenope', Italy Near Environment
Stavro Ivanovski INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste Near Environment
Fiorangela La Forgia University of Padova, Italy Near Environment
Raphael Marschall CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France Near Environment
Cecilia Tubiana INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy Near Environment
Jean-Baptiste Vincent DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany Near Environment (chair)
Vladimir Zakharov LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France Near Environment
     
Arnaud Beth Imperial College London, United Kingdom Far Environment
Charlotte Goetz Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom Far Environment (chair)
Juan Carlos Gómez Martín Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain Far Environment
Herbert Gunell Umeå University, Sweden Far Environment
Esa Kallio Aalto University, Espoo, Finland Far Environment
Fernando Moreno Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain Far Environment
Giovanna Rinaldi INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy Far Environment