Researches of space debris fragments over the geostationary area
| 1Volvach, AE, 2Rumjantsev, VV, 3Molotov, IE, 3Sochilina, AS, 3Titenko, VV, 4Agapov, VM, 5Kiladze, PI, 6Schildknecht, T, 7Biryukov, VV, 8Ibragimov, MA, 8Marshalkina, AL, 9Vlasyuk, VV, 10Yurisheva, OV, 1Strepka, ID, 11Konovalenko, AA, 12Tuccari, G 1Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, SRI Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Katsiveli, AR Crimea, Ukraine 2SRI Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Katsiveli, AR Crimea, Ukraine 3Main Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia 4Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian AS, Moscow, Russia 5National Astrophysical Observatory of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia 6Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 7State Astronomical Institute P.K. Sternberg Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 8Astronomical Institute them Ulugbek, AN Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 9Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lower Arkhiz, Russia 10Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia 11Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine 12HAT-Lab srl, Spin-off Company of Italian National Astrophysics Institute, Catania, Italy |
| Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2006, 12 ;(5-6):050-057 |
| https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2006.05.050 |
| Publication Language: Russian |
Abstract: The researches carried out at the CrAO with the use of the ZTSh, AT-64 and RT-22 optical and radio telescopes in large international cooperation during 2004–2005 are described. The space debris is a new scientific field for the Crimean astrophysical observatory, nevertheless, the results obtained are significant. These works were arranged under project of organization of scientific sensors network for the investigation of near-Earth objects. In all, 49 GEO-fragments fainter than 16 star magnitude were detected and tracked to determine their orbital parameters and to estimate their physical characteristics. The existence of fragment clouds and a new class of the unique objects with extra-high area-to-mass ratio was confirmed. The VLBI radar experiment was arranged for few discovered fragments to obtain precise trajectory measurements and some data on fragment sizes and rotation periods.
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| Keywords: orbital parameters, physical characteristics, space debris |
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