Colombo studied the planet Mercury, and it was his calculations which showed how to get a spacecraft into a solar orbit which would encounter Mercury multiple times, using a gravity assist maneuver with Venus. Due to this idea, NASA was able to have the Mariner 10 accomplish three fly-bys of Mercury instead of one.[1]Mariner 10 was the first [2] spacecraft to use gravity assist. Since then, the technique has become common.
Colombo also explained the spin-orbitresonance in Mercury's orbit, showing that it rotates three times for every two orbits around the Sun.
Saturn's ringsEdit
Colombo also made significant contributions to the study of Saturn's rings, mostly using ground-based observations in the era before space exploration reached the outer Solar System.
giuseppe, colombo, giuseppe, bepi, colombo, october, 1920, padua, february, 1984, padua, italian, scientist, mathematician, engineer, university, padua, italy, contents, mercury, saturn, rings, other, contributions, legacy, references, external, linksmercury, . Giuseppe Bepi Colombo October 2 1920 in Padua February 20 1984 in Padua was an Italian scientist mathematician and engineer at the University of Padua Italy Contents 1 Mercury 2 Saturn s rings 3 Other contributions 4 Legacy 5 References 6 External linksMercury EditColombo studied the planet Mercury and it was his calculations which showed how to get a spacecraft into a solar orbit which would encounter Mercury multiple times using a gravity assist maneuver with Venus Due to this idea NASA was able to have the Mariner 10 accomplish three fly bys of Mercury instead of one 1 Mariner 10 was the first 2 spacecraft to use gravity assist Since then the technique has become common Colombo also explained the spin orbit resonance in Mercury s orbit showing that it rotates three times for every two orbits around the Sun Saturn s rings EditColombo also made significant contributions to the study of Saturn s rings mostly using ground based observations in the era before space exploration reached the outer Solar System Other contributions EditColombo invented the concept of tethers for tying satellites together Colombo participated in the planning of Giotto the European Space Agency s mission to Halley s Comet but died before the spacecraft was launched Legacy EditThe Giuseppe Colombo Centre for Space Geodesy in Matera Italy ESA awards a Colombo fellowship each year to a European scientist working in the field of astronauticsSeveral astronomical objects and spaceships are named after to honor him The ESA JAXA mission to Mercury which launched at 1 45 28 UTC on 20 October 2018 is named BepiColombo 3 The Colombo Gap in Saturn s rings The asteroid 10387 BepicolomboReferences Edit Giuseppe Bepi Colombo Grandfather of the fly by Welcome to ESA Retrieved 6 January 2019 Mariner 10 30 November 2010 Archived from the original on 19 February 2014 Retrieved 6 January 2019 ESA Press Release ESA s Mercury mission named BepiColombo in honour of a space pioneerExternal links EditBiography from the University of Padua nbsp This article about an Italian mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giuseppe Colombo amp oldid 1164464220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
