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Feb 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986p%26ss...34..219g&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 219-224.
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We present here a summary of the relevant observations of the glow occurring above spacecraft surfaces in low-earth orbit and a discussion of the possible reactions of the atmospheric constituents with spacecraft surfaces. The importance of these reactions is not just as a source of the glow which has deleterious effects on our ability to make remote observations from spacecraft, or as the cause of material erosion, which have been considered previously. These reactions can change surface composition and properties altering spacecraft thermal, structural, or electrical characteristics. In addition to the normal reaction exothermicities, these processes have available the large kinetic energy of the atmospheric precursor impacting Shuttle surfaces. We consider the spectral emissions which could arise from evolved surface reaction products will give rise to a variety of surface specific glows.
Green Byron David
Murad Edmond
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