Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Mar 20 2019, 02:09 PM
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Agreed, electrostatic charging due to solar UV may do it, as well. Even a weak repulsive force would be sufficient. I think, that 10V are considered reasonable in direct sunlight. Impacts of micrometeorites might be another approach. Tracking particles, and their acceleration due to solar radiation pressure and some potential weak electrostatic field could clarify the physics at work. Those fields would change with solar irradiation.
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