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Four interstellar dust candidates from the stardust interstellar dust collector
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Fougeray, P. Brownlee, D. E. Floss, C. Huss, G. R. Burchell, M. Heck, P. R. Butterworth, A. L. Borg, J. Allen, C. Jillier, J. K. Bridges, J. Bechtel, H. A. Brenker, F. Grun, E. Howard, L. Gainsforth, Z. Westphal, A. J. Hudson, B. Cloetens, P. Burghammer, M. Hoppe, P. Flynn, G. J. Frank, D. Bajt, S. Davis, A. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | In January 2006, the Stardust sample return capsule returned to Earth bearing the first solid samples from a primitive solar system body, Comet 81P/Wild2, and a collector dedicated to the capture and return of contemporary interstellar dust. Both collectors were approx. 0.1 sq m in area and were composed of aerogel tiles (85% of the collecting area) and aluminum foils. The Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector (SIDC) was exposed to the interstellar dust stream for a total exposure factor of 20 sq m/day. The Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination (ISPE) is a consortium-based project to characterize the collection using nondestructive techniques. The goals and restrictions of the ISPE are described . A summary of analytical techniques is described. |
| File Size | 287097 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110005584 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8sb92q1q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Comets Aerogels Samplers Cosmic Dust Tiles Stardust Mission Collection Exposure Metal Foils Solar System Interstellar Matter Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
