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Started by Emanuel.henr
Wed, 08 Jan 1986 16:50
Aquiring a charge in space ?
Author: Emanuel.henr
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 16:50
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 16:50
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If a body is in low Earth orbit will the surfaces of the object become charged by triboelectric effect from collisions with the molecules that are present, albiet scattered & few in number compared to atmosphere, in the space it passes through ? Is there a reasonable guess as to the charge level that might result. I expect that there might be some equilibrium level that would be reached, but that is just a guess. Keith Emanuel Human Factors Xerox Corp.
Re: Aquiring a charge in space ?
Author: info-atari
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1986 06:54
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1986 06:54
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In article <860108-085152-4618@Xerox> you write:
> If a body is in low Earth orbit will the surfaces of the object become
>charged by triboelectric effect from collisions with the molecules that
>are present, albiet scattered & few in number compared to atmosphere,
>in the space it passes through ? Is there a reasonable guess as to
>the charge level that might result. I expect that there might be some
>equilibrium level that would be reached, but that is just a guess.
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