Lightcurve Analysis and Photometry on CCD Images of Asteroids ...
Lightcurve Analysis and Photometry on CCD Images of Asteroids ...
Lightcurve Analysis and Photometry on CCD Images of Asteroids ...
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Why Study Rocks in Space?<br />
NASA’s new directi<strong>on</strong> includes a human<br />
missi<strong>on</strong> to a Near Earth Object (asteroid) by<br />
2025.<br />
A current hypothesis suggests the sporadic<br />
meteoroid background was produced by<br />
cometary breakups, rather than sublimati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
ice <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dust from comet surfaces.<br />
The sporadic meteoroid envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sists <strong>of</strong> a diffuse background <strong>of</strong> meteoroids<br />
that represents a c<strong>on</strong>tinuous risk to spacecraft<br />
throughout the year. The Meteoroid<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Office (MEO) has developed the<br />
NASA MSFC Meteoroid Engineering Model<br />
(MEM) to define the sporadic meteoroid<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment for spacecraft in interplanetary<br />
space <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Earth orbit.
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