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EAS Publications Series
Volume 41, 2010
Physics and Astrophysics of Planetary Systems
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Page(s) | 395 - 398 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1041031 | |
Published online | 08 January 2010 |
T. Montmerle, D. Ehrenreich and A.-M. Lagrange (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 41 (2010) 395-398
Investigating the ability of Stardust capture media to preserve collected particles intact
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Centre for Astrophysics & Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, UK
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Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Corresponding authors: nf40@kent.ac.uk ; p.wozniakiewicz@nhm.ac.uk
We briefly summarise our ongoing efforts to evaluate the success of cometary particle capture by NASA's Stardust mission. We demonstrate the use of a variety of analysis techniques to investigate the state of preservation in laboratory analogues of the Stardust encounter at 6.1 km s-1, using well characterised projectiles and flight grade foils and aerogel.
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