Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986natur.323..136l&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 323, Sept. 11, 1986, p. 136-138.
Computer Science
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Earth Orbital Environments, Meteoroids, Satellite Lifetime, Space Debris, Abundance, Chondrites, Electron Microscopy, Meteoritic Composition, Size Distribution, Solar Maximum Mission
Scientific paper
Analysis of the large number of high-velocity impact craters found on surfaces of the Solar Maximum Mission spacecraft is providing an unprecedented opportunity to measure the near-Earth meteoroid flux over a wide range of particle sizes. The authors report the results of analysis of 331 craters in the 0.09 - 250 μm size range, found in the solid aluminium of the thermal control louvers. By elemental analysis of particle residue in the craters and scanning electron microscope imaging, the authors were able to distinguish impacts by natural meteoroids from those of orbital spacecraft debris, and directly determine the time-averaged flux and size distribution of both particle types over the mass range 10-13 - 10-7g.
Brownlee Don E.
Laurance Mark R.
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