Sentences with phrase «micrometeoroids impact»

Pokorný and his team hope that their initial findings will improve our understanding of the rate at which comet - based micrometeoroids impact Mercury, further improving the accuracy of models of Mercury and its exosphere.

Their optimism comes from a new method for welding thin metal wires into tethers that can withstand micrometeoroid impacts.

Not exact matches

«There is a possibility of the tether being severed by impacts of small debris objects or micrometeoroids,» says a JAXA spokesperson.

Scientists used models along with earlier findings from the MESSENGER mission to shed light on how certain types of comets influence the micrometeoroids that preferentially impact Mercury on the dawn side of the planet.

Transient events such as micrometeoroid dust particle impacts can be considered as potential external suppliers of water into all other outer planet stratospheres, modifying locally and temporarily the space weather conditions at these environments.