Asteroid electrostatic instrumentation and modelling

Asteroid surface material is expected to become photoelectrically charged, and is likely to be transported through electrostatic levitation. Understanding any movement of the surface material is relevant to proposed space missions to return samples to Earth for detailed isotopic analysis. Motivated...

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Main Authors: Aplin, K, Bowles, N, Urbak, E, Keane, D, Sawyer, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011