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SCHEME DESIGN AND EXPERIMENT VALIDATION OF MULTIPLE SAMPLING STRATEGIES ON WEAK GRAVITY ASTEROID

ABSTRACT
Asteroids hold invaluable scientific information and provide critical insights into the origins and evolution of the solar system, highlighting the significance of asteroid sample-return missions. However, the diverse typology of these asteroids, limited understanding of their surface geology, and extremely weak gravity present substantial challenges, necessitating technologies with high geological adaptability, low reaction forces, and rapid sampling capabilities. In response, six novel and heterogeneous asteroid sampling schemes were developed and rigorously analyzed through comparative studies and test validation, focusing on adaptability, sampling time, reaction force, and sample volume. Results confirm that all six schemes enable rapid sampling under low reaction forces, meeting design objectives. Notably, the rock-breaking and gas-excitation hybrid and the positional kinetic energy-induced directional sampling technique demonstrate superior adaptability, simplicity, reliability, and repeatability, marking them as promising candidates for further research.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2024-11-01
PAPER REVISED: 2024-11-25
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2024-11-27
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2025-06-01
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2502351Z
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2025, VOLUME 29, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [1351 - 1359]
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2025 Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia. Published by the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International licence