A Feasible Study of In-Situ Measurements of Light Isotopes and Organic Molecules with High Resolution Mass Spectrometer MULTUM on the OKEANOS Mission.

Autor: Motoo ITO, Tatsuaki OKADA, Yoko KEBUKAWA, Jun AOKI, Yosuke KAWAI, Jun MATSUMOTO, Toshihiro CHUJO, Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Hajime YANO, Sho-ichiro YOKOTA, Michisato TOYODA, Hisayoshi YURIMOTO, Motoki WATANABE, Ryota IKEDA, Yuki KUBO, Noel GRAND, Herve COTTIN, Arnaud BUCH, Cyril SZOPA, Osamu MORI
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Zdroj: Transactions of the Japan Society of Aeronautical & Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan; 2021, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p477-484, 8p
Abstrakt: The OKEANOS mission utilizing the Solar Power Sail is one of the candidates of the strategic middle-class space exploration to the outer Solar System lead by the JAXA. The mission is planning to be launched in 2030’s, and rendezvous for spectral observations and landing for in-situ measurements of light isotopes and organic molecules to a D or P type Jupitar Trojan asteroid in 2040’s. The flagship instrument on board is a high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) system together with suits of remote-sensing instruments. Through in-depth scientific observations, the OKEANOS mission will provide critical input to the key questions of (1) constraining planet formation/migration theories, and (2) inventory and distribution of volatiles in the Solar System. We have conducted experimental tests of a sample canister sealing by a metal seal knifeedge, sample canister-MULTUM test, gas chromatograph-MULTUM coupling test for organics, and H and N isotopic measurements in the atmospheric air. Current performances are (1) high mass resolution was 30,000 at m/z = 20, (2) sample canister system with a knife-edge metal seal kept 90 % of a released gas in 1 hour for Cu or Au gaskets with/without regolith, (3) error meets the required precision and accuracy for nitrogen isotopic measurement but for hydrogen. These experiment tests need to continue for our scientific proposes on the asteroids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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