Meteoroids around Mars

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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 08:54:39 JST Fraser Cain

   One hazard of spaceflight is meteoroids, small chunks of rock that impact spacecraft at high velocity, causing damage. Since NASA has sent spacecraft across the Solar System, they know what the environment is like. To reduce the risk, NASA has developed a new library of meteoroids across the Solar System, allowing mission planners to predict the size, speed, and density of meteoroids a spacecraft might encounter, from low-Earth orbit to various Lagrange Points.

   https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08685