TL;DR
This paper discusses the development of artificially generated micrometeorites using an accelerator on satellites, analyzing their atmospheric entry and potential to reach Earth's surface intact.
Contribution
It introduces a novel method for producing micrometeorites via satellite-based acceleration and examines their atmospheric penetration behavior.
Findings
Micrometeorites evaporate at 100-150 km altitude.
A specific design allows micrometeorites to reach Earth's surface without breaking.
Accelerator can produce micrometeorites up to 30 km/s.
Abstract
An iron ball, a beryllium sphere and a tungsten tube segment with diameter twenty microns, are electrically charged while proton beam irradiating. These bodies are accelerated by the running pulse field in a spiral waveguide up to velocity: thirty kilometers per second. The accelerator, generating micrometeorites is placed at satellites on the Earth orbit. This article considers processes of penetration of micrometeorites into the Earth atmosphere. It is shown that micrometeorites evaporate at the height of one hundred kilometers-one hundred fifty kilometers from the surface of the Earth. A micrometeorite which is a segment of the beryllium tube equipped with a graphite cone in the head part is the very meteorite to reach the Earth surface without being broken.
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TopicsScientific Research and Discoveries