Timeline for How hard is it to fly through the tail of a comet? Has it been done?
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| Nov 6, 2020 at 16:15 | comment | added | MadHatter | Thank you! It didn't take much searching for, it was three years of my life, and comes readily to mind! Sadly, I came into it in 1988, after the mission had flown, and much of the analysis had been done, so I don't know much about the mission planning phase, and specifically nothing about the planning for the tail encounter. We definitely flew right through the middle of the plasma tail, though; there's a huge sign change in the magnetic field as we passed from one lobe to the other. | |
| Nov 6, 2020 at 16:00 | comment | added | uhoh | Yes indeed, it seems you've found the first and a pretty amazing mission it was. If there are any details you can track down on the planning of the trajectory through the comet's tail, that would be great! Feel free to share any relevant details you like. Welcome to Space! (again) | |
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| Nov 6, 2020 at 15:51 | history | answered | MadHatter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |