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Description of Pioneer F and G Asteroid Belt Penetration Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

William H. Kinard  and
Robert L. O’Neal
William H. Kinard
Affiliation:
NASA Langley Research Center
Robert L. O’Neal
Affiliation:
NASA Langley Research Center

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A NASA Langley Research Center meteoroid detection experiment will be performed on both the Pioneer F and G missions. The objective of this experiment is to obtain data that will indicate the population of meteoroids in the 10-9 to 10-8 g mass range in interplanetary space and, in particular, the region of the asteroid belt, and establish a first indication of the meteoroid penetration hazard to spacecraft in the asteroid belt. Specifically, the experiment will detect meteoroid penetrations of stainless steel targets 25 and 50 µm (1 and 2 mils) thick as the Pioneer spacecraft travel in interplanetary space through the asteroid belt to Jupiter and beyond.

Type
Part III-Possible Space Missions and Future Work
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 607 - 615
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

References

NASA SP-8038. 1970, Meteoroid Environment Model–1970 (Interplanetary and Planetary).Google Scholar