IMPACT PROBABILITIES OF METEOROID STREAMS WITH ARTIFICIAL-SATELLITES - AN ASSESSMENT

Authors
FOSCHINI L CEVOLANI G
Citation
L. Foschini et G. Cevolani, IMPACT PROBABILITIES OF METEOROID STREAMS WITH ARTIFICIAL-SATELLITES - AN ASSESSMENT, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 20(2), 1997, pp. 211-215
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics","Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241896
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
211 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1997)20:2<211:IPOMSW>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Impact probabilities of artificial satellites with meteoroid streams w ere calculated using data collected with the CNR forward scatter (FS) bistatic radar over the Bologna-Lecce baseline (about 700 km). Results show that impact probabilities are 2 times higher than other previous ly calculated values. Nevertheless, although catastrophic impacts are still rare even in the case of meteor storm conditions, it is expected that high meteoroid fluxes can erode satellites surfaces and weaken t heir external structures.