Comet Hopper: A Mission Concept for Exploring the Heterogeneity of Comets

B. C. Clark (benton.c.clark@lmco.com), J. M. Sunshine (jess@astro.umd.edu), M. F. A’Hearn, A. L. Cochran , T. L. Farnham, W. M. Harris, T. J. McCoy, and J. Veverka 1 Lockheed Martin, Space Exploration Systems, Denver, CO, 80201; 2 Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742; 3 McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712; 4 Dept. of Applied Science, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616; 5 Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA; 6 Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 14853.