Ultraviolet spectroscopy of meteoric debris: In situ calibration experiments from Earth orbit

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Comets, Debris, Meteorites, Space Shuttle Payloads, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Atoms, Ions, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Molecules, Spectrum Analysis

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It is proposed to carry out slitless spectroscopy at ultraviolet wavelengths from orbit of meteoric debris associated with comets. The Eta Aquarid, Orionid/Halley, and the Persied/1962 862 Swift-Tuttle showers would be principal targets. Low light level, ultraviolet video technique will be used during night side of the orbit in a wide field, earthward viewing mode. Data will be stored in compact video cassette recorders. The experiment may be configured as a GAS package or in the HITCHHIKER mode. The latter would allow flexible pointing capability beyond that offered by shuttle orientation of the GAS package, and doubling of the data record. The 1100 to 3200 A spectral region should show emissions of atomic, ionic, and molecular species of interest on cometary and solar system studies.

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