The chemistry of micrometeoroid and space debris remnants captured on hubble space telescope solar cells

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 263-274

  Graham, G A ^a,b,d   Mcbride, N ^a,e   Kearsley, A T ^b   Drolshagen, G ^c   Green, S F ^a,e   Mcdonnell, J A M ^a,e   Grady, M M ^d   Wright, I P ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypervelocity Impacts; Micrometeoroid; Space Debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006495482     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(01)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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