RT Journal Article
T1 Earth as an exoplanet mission concept for a lunar orbiting cubesat
A1 Gómez De Castro, Ana Inés
A1 Beitia Antero, Leire
A1 Miravet-Fuster, Carlos E.
A1 Tarabini, Lorenzo
A1 Tomás, Albert
A1 Vallejo Chavarino, Juan Carlos
A1 Canet Varea, Ada
A1 Sachkov, Mikhail
A1 Kameda, Shingo
AB There is a growing interest in lunar exploration fed by the perception that the Moon can be made accessible to low-cost missions in the next decade. The ongoing projects to set a communications relay in lunar orbit and a deep space gateway, as well as the spreading of commercial-of-the shelf technology for small space platforms such as the cubesats contribute to this perception. Small, cubesat size satellites orbiting the Moon offer ample opportunities to study the Moon and enjoy an advantage point to monitor the Solar System and the large-scale interaction between the Earth and the solar wind. We describe the technical characteristics of a 12U cubesat to be set in polar lunar orbit for this purpose and the science behind it. The mission is named Earth as an exoplanet (EarthASAP) and is submitted to the Lunar Cubesats for Exploration call in 2016. EarthASAP is designed to monitor hydrated rock reservoirs in the lunar poles and to study the interaction between the large Earth’s exosphere and the solar wind in preparation for future exoplanetary missions.
PB Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
SN 2329-4124
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117962
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117962
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025