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The Munich Dust Counter — A Cosmic Dust Experiment on Board of the Muses-A Mission of Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

E. Igenbergs ,
A. Hüdepohl ,
K. Uesugi ,
T. Hayashi ,
H. Svedhem ,
H. Iglseder ,
G. Koller ,
A. Glasmachers ,
E. Grün  and
G. Schwehm
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E. Igenbergs
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universität München, Richard Wagner Str. 18, 8000 München 2, FRG
A. Hüdepohl
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universität München, Richard Wagner Str. 18, 8000 München 2, FRG
K. Uesugi
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
T. Hayashi
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
H. Svedhem
Affiliation:
European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA, NL
H. Iglseder
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, Universität Bremen, FRG
G. Koller
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Prozeßrechner, Technische Universität München, FRG
A. Glasmachers
Affiliation:
Mikroelektronik-Zentrum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, FRG
E. Grün
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, FRG
G. Schwehm
Affiliation:
European Space Research and Technology Centre of ESA, NL
H. Mizutani
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
T. Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
A. Fujimura
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
N. Ishii
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
H. Araki
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, J
K. Yamakoshi
Affiliation:
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, J
K. Nogami
Affiliation:
Dep. of Physics, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, J.

Abstract

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The Munich Dust Counter (MDC) is a scientific experiment on board of the MUSES-A mission of Japan. It is the result of a cooperation between the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan and the Chair of Astronautics of the Technische Universität München (TUM) of Germany. The MDC is an impact ionization detector designed to determine mass and velocity of cosmic dust. Here a short overview over the MUSES-A mission is given to show the measurement situation of the MDC experiment. The measurement principle of the instrument together with a discussion of the scientific objectives and the design of the experiment is summarized.

Information

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Space and Earth Environment Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 45 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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