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2.3.2 Analysis of Impact Craters from the S-149 Skylab Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D.S. Hallgren  and
C.L. Hemenway
D.S. Hallgren
Affiliation:
Dudley Observatory and State University of New York at Albany, Albany, N.Y.USA
C.L. Hemenway
Affiliation:
Dudley Observatory and State University of New York at Albany, Albany, N.Y.USA

Abstract

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Analysis of craters found on polished plates exposed during Skylab has provided data for a flux measurement over the mass range 10−15 to 10−7 gms. Chemical analysis of residues in the craters shows a high incidence of aluminium. A variety of morphological forms are described.

Type
2 In Situ Measurements of Interplanetary Dust
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 270 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976

References

1. Hemenway, C. L., Hallgren, D. S. and Tackett, C. D., “Near-Earth Cosmic Dust Results from S-149”, AIAA/AGU Conference on Scientific Experiments of Skylab, Huntsville, Alabama, 1974, AIAA Paper 74-1226, p. 7.Google Scholar
2. Hallgren, D. S., Hemenway, C. L. and Radigan, W., “Micrometeorite Penetration Effects in Gold Foil”, COSPAR, Varna, Bulgaria, 1975, Space Research XVI, in press.Google Scholar