Publications by authors named "Claudio Pernechele"
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- The Comet Interceptor mission aims to explore a long-period comet or an interstellar object entering our Solar System, with a focus on its surface composition, shape, and the composition of its gas and dust.
- Proposed to the European Space Agency in 2018 and approved in June 2022, it is set to launch in 2029 alongside the Ariel mission, utilizing a low-cost approach that allows it to wait for a suitable target comet.
- The mission will feature a main probe and two sub-probes (B1 from JAXA and B2), providing simultaneous, detailed 3D information about the comet and its interaction with the solar wind, making it unique compared to previous missions.
Very wide angle lenses have a field of view greater than one hundred degrees. The paradigm of ultra wide angle lens is widely recognized as the fisheye, which is characterized by a field of view covering a hemispherical field. Recently, due to the availability of low-cost digital sensors, panoramic omnidirectional lenses are also becoming popular.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a Space quantum-cryptography experiment a satellite pointing system is needed to send single photons emitted by the source on the satellite to the polarization analysis apparatus on Earth. In this paper a simulation is presented regarding how the satellite pointing systems affect the polarization state of the single photons, to help designing a proper compensation system.
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