https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12234

Skip to main content
Cornell University
We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Simons Foundation and member institutions.
 
arxiv logo > astro-ph > arXiv:2305.12234
[                    ]

Help | Advanced Search

[All fields        ]
Search
arXiv logo
Cornell University Logo
[                    ] GO
quick links

  * Login
  * Help Pages
  * About

Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

arXiv:2305.12234 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 20 May 2023]

Title:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of
Lunar Landers

Authors:Philip T. Metzger, James G. Mantovani
Download a PDF of the paper titled The Damage to Lunar Orbiting
Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers, by Philip T.
Metzger and 1 other authors
Download PDF

    Abstract: This manuscript analyzes lunar lander soil erosion
    models and trajectory models to calculate how much damage will
    occur to spacecraft orbiting in the vicinity of the Moon. The
    soil erosion models have considerable uncertainty due to gaps in
    our understanding of the basic physics. The results for ~40 t
    landers show that the Lunar Orbital Gateway will be impacted by
    1000s to 10,000s of particles per square meter but the particle
    sizes are very small and the impact velocity is low so the damage
    will be slight. However, a spacecraft in Low Lunar Orbit that
    happens to pass through the ejecta sheet will sustain extensive
    damage with hundreds of millions of impacts per square meter:
    although they are small, they are in the hypervelocity regime,
    and exposed glass on the spacecraft will sustain spallation over
    4% of its surface.

Comments:          10 pagers, 8 figures
                   Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP);
Subjects:          Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
                   (astro-ph.IM); Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn);
                   Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
Cite as:           arXiv:2305.12234 [astro-ph.EP]
                   (or arXiv:2305.12234v1 [astro-ph.EP] for this
                   version)
                   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.12234
                   Focus to learn more
                   arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite
Journal reference: In Earth and Space 2021, pp. 136-145. 2021
                   https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483374.014
Related DOI:       Focus to learn more
                   DOI(s) linking to related resources

Submission history

From: Philip Metzger [view email]
[v1] Sat, 20 May 2023 16:58:41 UTC (669 KB)
Full-text links:

Download:

  * Download a PDF of the paper titled The Damage to Lunar Orbiting
    Spacecraft Caused by the Ejecta of Lunar Landers, by Philip T.
    Metzger and 1 other authors
    PDF only

(license)
Current browse context:
astro-ph.EP
< prev   |   next >
new | recent | 2305
Change to browse by:
astro-ph
astro-ph.IM
physics
physics.flu-dyn
physics.space-ph

References & Citations

  * NASA ADS
  * Google Scholar
  * Semantic Scholar

a export BibTeX citation Loading...

BibTeX formatted citation

x
[loading...          ]
Data provided by:

Bookmark

BibSonomy logo Mendeley logo Reddit logo ScienceWISE logo
(*) Bibliographic Tools

Bibliographic and Citation Tools

[ ] Bibliographic Explorer Toggle
Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?)
[ ] Litmaps Toggle
Litmaps (What is Litmaps?)
[ ] scite.ai Toggle
scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?)
( ) Code, Data, Media

Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article

[ ] DagsHub Toggle
DagsHub (What is DagsHub?)
[ ] Links to Code Toggle
Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?)
[ ] ScienceCast Toggle
ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?)
( ) Demos

Demos

[ ] Replicate Toggle
Replicate (What is Replicate?)
[ ] Spaces Toggle
Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?)
( ) Related Papers

Recommenders and Search Tools

[ ] Link to Influence Flower
Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?)
[ ] Connected Papers Toggle
Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?)
[ ] Core recommender toggle
CORE Recommender (What is CORE?)
[ ] IArxiv recommender toggle
IArxiv Recommender (What is IArxiv?)

  * Author
  * Venue
  * Institution
  * Topic

( ) About arXivLabs

arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and
share new arXiv features directly on our website.

Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have
embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence,
and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only
works with partners that adhere to them.

Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community?
Learn more about arXivLabs.

Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is
MathJax?)

  * About
  * Help

  * Click here to contact arXiv Contact
  * Click here to subscribe Subscribe

  * Copyright
  * Privacy Policy

  * Web Accessibility Assistance
  * arXiv Operational Status
    Get status notifications via email or slack