Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies
Benjamin HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The goal of this effort is to develop a robust and affordable mission architecture that enables the gravimetric density reconstruction of small body interiors to unprecedented precision. Our architecture relies on the novel concept of “Gravity Poppers,” which are small, minimalistic probes that are deployed to the surface of a […]
Published by NASA on 05/27/2025
