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The Present Status of the Munich Dust Counter Experiment on Board of the Hiten Spacecraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

E. Igenbergs ,
A. Hüdepohl ,
K. Uesugi ,
T. Hayashi ,
H. Svedhem ,
H. Iglseder ,
G. Koller ,
A. Glasmachers ,
E. Grün  and
G. Schwehm
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E. Igenbergs
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universität München, Richard Wagner Str. 18, 8000 München 2, FRG
A. Hüdepohl
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universität München, Richard Wagner Str. 18, 8000 München 2, FRG
K. Uesugi
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
T. Hayashi
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
H. Svedhem
Affiliation:
European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA, NL
H. Iglseder
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, Universität Bremen, FRG
G. Koller
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Prozeßrechner, TechnischeUniversität München, FRG
A. Glasmachers
Affiliation:
Mikroelektronik-Zentrum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, FRG
E. Grün
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, FRG
G. Schwehm
Affiliation:
European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA, NL
H. Mizutani
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
T. Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
A. Fujimura
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
N. Ishii
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
H. Araki
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
K. Yamakoshi
Affiliation:
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, J
K. Nogami
Affiliation:
Dep. of Physics, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, J.

Abstract

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The Munich Dust Counter (MDC) is a scientific experiment on board the MUSES-A mission of Japan measuring cosmic dust. The satellite HITEN of this mission has been launched on January 24th, 1990 from Kagoshima Space Center. Here the present status of the MDC experiment is summarized. The number of dust particles measured so far is presented together with first and preliminary results of flux calculations and spatial as well as directional distributions of cosmic dust particles measured until July 25, 1990. A clear evidence of particles coming from the inner solar system (beta-meteoroids) already has been found. These are compared to particles coming from the apex direction.

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Space and Earth Environment Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 15 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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