MUPUS experiment - Equipped with an electric hammer mechanism to penetrate to a depth of 30 centimetres, MUPUS measured the temperature on and beneath the surface of the comet, as well as the thermal conductivity of the soil; (c) Centrum Badan Kosmicznych PAN/Space Research Center PAS
MUPUS experiment - Equipped with an electric hammer mechanism to penetrate to a depth of 30 centimetres, MUPUS measured the temperature on and beneath the surface of the comet, as well as the thermal conductivity of the soil; (c) Centrum Badan Kosmicznych PAN/Space Research Center PAS
One of the instruments on Philae was the MUPUS experiment, developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and University of Münster. Equipped with an electric hammer mechanism to penetrate to a depth of 30 centimetres, MUPUS measured the temperature on and beneath the surface of the comet, as well as the thermal conductivity of the soil.
