Accession Number:

ADP002111

Title:

Interactions between a Large Body and Its Environment in a Low Polar Orbit,

Personal Author(s):

Corporate Author:

EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE NOORDWIJK (NETHERLANDS) SPACE SCIENCE DEPT

Report Date:

1983-01-25

Abstract:

The parameters that characterize the high latitude ionosphere are reviewed. The electron current density collected by a surface is evaluated in typical environments and is compared to the emitted flux of photoelectrons. The polarity and order of magnitude of the relative surface potentials are tentatively estimated for various situations sunlight, shadow, and eclipse. Other types of interactions encountered by large structures, such as magnetic induction effect and plasma instability triggering, are also discussed. Author

Supplementary Note:

This article is from 'Proceedings of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Workshop on Natural Charging of Large Space Structures in Near Earth Polar Orbit: 14-15 September 1982,' AD-A134 894, p175-184.

Pages:

0010

Descriptors:

Identifiers:

File Size:

0.00MB

Full text not available:

Request assistance