Sentences with phrase «ice particles hitting»

During the mere tenths of a second the probe spends within the plume, an on - board detector will count the patter of ice particles hitting the spacecraft.

Not exact matches

One wouldn't think of ice particles burning up when they hit the atmosphere, but that is what happens?

Urine that it vented also left a residue when tiny particles hit the craft's panels, so Lorenz suggests that future missions to Enceladus could look for signatures of life if similar residue is found in the minuscule dents left on a detector by ice grains from the plumes.

When the jeep drag you around the river, those small particles of ice can hit the face pretty hard.