SSHADE Databases: COMEDA
COmetary, MEteoroids Dust and Analogs
Instituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS) – INAF, Roma, Italy
Laboratory of Cosmic Physics and Planetology, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli studi di Napoli “Parthenope, Napoli, Italy
- Scientific Manager: Alessandra Rotundi
- Database Manager: Andrea Longobardo
- Data Providers: Vincenzo della Corte, Mario Accolla, Marco Ferrari, Stavro Ivanovski
This database is currently not yet active
The COMEDA database will contains micro-infrared and micro-Raman spectra (complemented by FESEM/EDX analyses) of different types of cosmomaterials: 1) Cometary Samples collected by the Stardust spacecraft during its flyby of comet 81P/Wild 2, 2) Meteoric dust (DUSTER) collected in the upper stratosphere: nanometre to micrometre uncontaminated meteoric dust particles, 3) Cometary analogues (used to calibrate GIADA instrument onboard Rosetta/ESA mission): anhydrous silicate minerals and hydrated layer silicates in four size fractions, and some selected analogue minerals coated with carbon layer, and/or with a layer of sodium hexafluorosilicate (Na2SiF6) crystals.