IMPACT PROBABILITIES ON ARTIFICIAL-SATELLITES FOR THE 1993 PERSEID METEOROID STREAM

Authors
BEECH M BROWN P
Citation
M. Beech et P. Brown, IMPACT PROBABILITIES ON ARTIFICIAL-SATELLITES FOR THE 1993 PERSEID METEOROID STREAM, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 262(3), 1993, pp. 35-36
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
262
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
35 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1993)262:3<35:IPOAFT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
It is argued that the new but short-lived maximum in the activity Prof ile of the Perseid meteor shower may yield an enhanced meteoroid flux in 1993 August. An estimate of the impact probability of Perseid meteo roid stream particles with Earth-orbiting satellites is presented. The impact probability for objects comparable in size to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle is found to be small but non-negligib le. The probability of meteoroid impacts on the proposed Space Station is also discussed.