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Title: Chiron Orbiter Mission
Primary Author: Marc Buie
Secondary Author(s): Joe Veverka
Institution: Southwest Research Institute Cornell University
Date: May 4, 2010
Summary: The National Research Council''s Planetary Science Decadal Survey: Primitive Bodies Panel has commissioned NASA''s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) with a rapid architecture study conducted under NASA Headquarters leadership. The purpose of the study is to determine whether a mission to orbit the Centaur Object Chiron can be achieved within a New Frontiers cost range with a limited supply of Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs).
Panel Selection: Primitive Bodies
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