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Meteoroids and meteor storms: a threat to spacecraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Anderson, B. Jeffrey |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Robust system design is the best protection against meteoroid damage. Impacts by small meteoroids are common on satellite surfaces, but impacts by meteoroids large enough to damage well designed systems are very rare. Estimating the threat from the normal meteoroid environment is difficult. Estimates for the occasional "storm" are even more uncertain. Common sense precautions are in order for the 1999 Leonids, but wide-spread catastrophic damage is highly unlikely. Strong Leonid showers are also expected in 2000 and 2001, but these pose much less threat than 1999. |
| File Size | 439922 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990041159 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3zs7pb90 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-04-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Meteoritic Damage Storms Meteoroid Concentration Systems Engineering Estimating Accident Prevention Satellite Surfaces Damage Meteoroids Estimates Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
