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Measurements of the Elemental and Isotopic Composition of Interplanetary Dust Collected on LDEF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. Fechtig ,
F. Hörz ,
E. Igenbergs ,
E. Jessberger ,
H. Kuczera ,
G. Lange ,
N. Pailer ,
S. Sutton ,
P. Swan  and
R. Walker
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H. Fechtig
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-6900 Heidelberg, FGR 2
F. Hörz
Affiliation:
NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
E. Igenbergs
Affiliation:
Technische Universität München.D-8000 München, FRG
E. Jessberger
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-6900 Heidelberg, FGR 2
H. Kuczera
Affiliation:
Technische Universität München.D-8000 München, FRG
G. Lange
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-6900 Heidelberg, FGR 2
N. Pailer
Affiliation:
Dornier System GmbH, D-7790 Friedrichshafen, FGR
S. Sutton
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University,St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
P. Swan
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University,St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
R. Walker
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University,St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
E. Zinner
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University,St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

Abstract

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A passive interplanetary dust collection experiment, currently in orbit aboard LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility), is described. The collectors, germanium target plates covered by metallized Mylar foils, are designed for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) measurements of the elemental and isotopic compositions of residues resulting from micrometeoroid (> 10−10 grams) impacts. Impact simulation experiments have demonstrated the validity of the collection concept. Quantitative elemental analyses are complicated by the non-uniform distribution of projectile-derived elements.

Type
II. Interplanetary Dust: Space and Ground Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 85: Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust , 1985 , pp. 121 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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