Multiple-foil microabrasion package (A0023)
Abstract
The specific scientific objectives of this experiment are to measure the spatial distribution, size, velocity, radiance, and composition of microparticles in near-Earth space. The technological objectives are to measure erosion rates resulting from microparticle impacts and to evaluate thin-foil meteor 'bumpers'. The combinations of sensitivity and reliability in this experiment will provide up to 1000 impacts per month for laboratory analysis and will extend current sensitivity limits by 5 orders of magnitude in mass.
- Publication:
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Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
- Pub Date:
- February 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ldef.rept..117M
- Keywords:
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- Cost Effectiveness;
- Meteoritic Microstructures;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Erosion;
- Long Duration Exposure Facility;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Meteoroid Concentration;
- Instrumentation and Photography