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Direct simulation of apex enhancement on the flux onto European Retrievable Carrier

Miao, Jingqi, Stark, J.P.W. (2001) Direct simulation of apex enhancement on the flux onto European Retrievable Carrier. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 38 (4). pp. 594-600. ISSN 0022-4650. (doi:10.2514/2.3722) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:50019)

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Abstract

The extended direct simulation Monte Carlo method is employed to model fluxes of meteoroid and space debris onto surfaces of the sun-pointing spacecraft European Retrievable Carrier. Apex enhancement of the Earth motion on flux is considered by including a parameter to describe the anisotropic velocity directionality in the meteoroid distribution. The anisotropy of the measured fluxes onto different surfaces is well explained by this approach, and results are consistent with measured data. Also, the effect of the apex enhancement of the Earth motion on the morphology of the impacts is analyzed, and a good agreement with measured data is achieved. Our simulation allows an estimation of the extent to which the directionality distribution of the meteoroid velocity unit vectors deviates from the isotropic distribution.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.2514/2.3722
Uncontrolled keywords: Computer simulation, Data reduction, Monte Carlo methods, Solar absorbers, Space debris, Surface properties, Vectors, Anisotropic velocities, Spacecraft
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2015 14:55 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:20 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/50019 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Miao, Jingqi.

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