Huygens' Surface Science Package |
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Authors: | Zarnecki JC Leese MR Garry JRC Ghafoor N Hathi B |
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Institution: | (1) Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom;(2) Unit for Space Sciences and Astrophysics, The University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The design and performance of the Surface Science Package (SSP) on the Huygens probe are discussed. This instrument consists
of nine separate sensors that are designed to measure a wide range of physical properties of Titan's lower atmosphere, surface,
and sub-surface. By measuring a number of physical properties of the surface it is expected that the SSP will be able to constrain
the inferred composition and structure of the moon's near-surface environment. Although the SSP is primarily designed to sense
properties of the surface, some of its sensors will also make measurements of the atmosphere along the probe's entry path
and will complement the data gathered by other experiments on the Huygens probe.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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