SKYLAB CONTAMINATION RESULTS:SO52 PARTICLE ANALYSIS AND TO25 ANALYSIS

摘要

The size and velocity distributions of 500 contaminant particles in the near environs of Skylab are determined from video tape data obtained by the High Altitude Observatory's White Light Coronagraph (experiment number S052). A complete listing of derived particle parameters, their frequency distributions, and their behavior as a function of time are presented. A correlation between particle size and velocity is noted, and at least two prominent directions of the particle spacecraft origins are identified.