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Investigating the ability of Stardust capture media to preserve collected particles intact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

T. Montmerle ,
D. Ehrenreich ,
A.-M. Lagrange ,
N. J. Foster ,
P. J. Wozniakiewicz ,
A. T. Kearsley ,
M. J. Burchell ,
M. J. Cole  and
P. A. Bland
N. J. Foster*
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics & Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, UK
P. J. Wozniakiewicz
Affiliation:
Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
A. T. Kearsley
Affiliation:
Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
M. J. Burchell
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics & Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, UK
M. J. Cole
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics & Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, UK
P. A. Bland
Affiliation:
Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
*
nf40@kent.ac.uk ; p.wozniakiewicz@nhm.ac.uk
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Abstract

We briefly summarise our ongoing efforts to evaluate the success of cometary particle capture by NASA's Stardust mission. We demonstrate the use of a variety of analysis techniques to investigate the state of preservation in laboratory analogues of the Stardust encounter at 6.1 km s-1, using well characterised projectiles and flight grade foils and aerogel.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 41: Physics and Astrophysics of Planetary Systems , 2010 , pp. 395 - 398
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2010

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