Cosmic-ray neutron albedo dose in low-earth orbits

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Oct 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989heaph..57..665w&link_type=abstract

Health Physics (ISSN 0017-9078), vol. 57, Oct. 1989, p. 665-668.

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Cosmic Ray Albedo, Earth Orbital Environments, Energetic Particles, Neutron Sources, Radiation Belts, Earth Atmosphere, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Radiation Trapping, Upper Atmosphere

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An earth albedo neutron environmental model is proposed which provides a way to estimate neutron exposure in low-earth orbit. It is shown that, in the predominantly low inclination orbits (i=28.5 deg) used in the U.S. space program, the neutron exposures are relatively low (0.7 cSv/y). The neutron exposures are more significant for polar orbital missions and even high inclination missions, such as Skylab (i=57 deg).

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