Mars Meteor Survey

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Jul 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000came.work..217m&link_type=abstract

Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, p. 217

Physics

Mars (Planet), Mars Environment, Meteoroid Concentration, Meteoroid Hazards, Meteoroid Showers, Risk, Surveys, Mission Planning, Mars Missions

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We propose instruments be included on one or more Mars landers to identify and characterize the meteoroid flux at Mars. Mars orbiting spacecraft and ground operations, both manned and unmanned, are vulnerable to meteoroids. There is pure scientific interest in knowing the frequency, intensity, and radiants of martian meteor showers. Being in a different orbit than Earth and closer to the asteroid belt, Mars has unknown cycles and intensities of meteoroid hazards. Knowledge of these hazards can help us manage risk in future missions, particularly extended and crewed missions. To be most effective the detectors should be continuously active, day and night, for as long a period as possible. Detectors that rely on energy intensive transmitters, such as lasers, radio bounce or radar, are therefore less desirable. A staring instrument is preferable to one which must rapidly skew to track a meteor (requiring extra mechanical parts and susceptible to failure), and should be able to detect multiple meteors simultaneously.

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