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Interplanetary Dust Experiment
Chemistry of Micrometeoroids
Ion-Beam-Textured and Coated Surfaces Experiment

This database contains data on microparticle impacts on LDEF surfaces from the following experiments:

• A0201 Interplanetary Dust Experiment
• A0187-1 Chemistry of Micrometeoroids
• S1003 Ion-Beam-Textured and Coated Surfaces Experiment

Before browsing the database, please be sure to read the introduction to the contents, formats and restrictions of this database.

As html files allow only a very limited user interactiveness, here are some quick access paths for users from the following scientific communities:

• Meteoroid & Space Debris - chemistry
• Meteoroid & Space Debris - flux dynamics
• Meteoroid & Space Debris - flux rates
• Spacecraft contamination - chemistry and contamination patterns
• Spacecraft contamination - depth profiles
• Hypervelocity impact testing
• Data recording systems

Publications, Documents and Summaries in this Archive

Experiment Data

Interplanetary Dust Experiment Particle Dynamics

• A0201 Time and orientation resolved impact data
• Time resolved impact data files

• Location of Surfaces on the LDEF satellite
• Residue Overview
• Standards and Procedures

• IDE MOS sensor pre and postflight TIFF images
• IDE Optical Survey

• By LDEF tray position
• By Species found during SIMS analyses
• By sensor serial number
• By SIMS analysis date

• Description of the IDE SIMS File Format
• The IDE SIMS data file editor for PC's
• A subdirectory containing various TIFF file viewers and an accompanying README file.
• Viewers for the IDE time resolved data set
• When archiving becomes fun:
  • LDEF - THE MOVIE; a raytraced MPEG animation of LDEF in orbit, that was intended to display the impact history but never got finished,
  • I TOLD YOU THEY'RE CRATERS, some stereoscopic red- and blue images (glasses needed) of very small impact features,
  • SPLASH! - AN ANIMATED ENCOUNTER WITH SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS, MPEG animation showing a threedimensional depth profile imaging analysis of a surface contaminant.

Some copies are also available from
Curatorial Office
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX

and
Klaus G. Paul
Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik
Technische Universität München
Richard-Wagner-Str. 18/III
80333 München
Germany

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