SDC
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SDC is a dust-detecting scientific instrument aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft used to study space dust in the outer solar system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SDC canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dust detector
ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument ⓘ |
| aboardSpacecraft | New Horizons ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Student Dust Counter ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ |
| collaborationType | student-built instrument ⓘ |
| dataType |
calculated dust mass
ⓘ
impact counts ⓘ in-situ dust measurements ⓘ |
| dataUse | modeling dust populations in the solar system ⓘ |
| designedFor | low-density dust environment ⓘ |
| fullName | Student Dust Counter ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftDestination |
Kuiper Belt objects
ⓘ
Pluto’s satellite system ⓘ
surface form:
Pluto system
|
| hostSpacecraftOperator | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ |
| hostSpacecraftPartner | Southwest Research Institute ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2006-01-19 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 551 ⓘ |
| measures |
dust flux
ⓘ
dust impact rate ⓘ dust mass distribution ⓘ dust particle impacts ⓘ dust size distribution ⓘ dust spatial distribution ⓘ |
| mission |
New Horizons
ⓘ
surface form:
New Horizons mission
|
| namedAfter | Venetia Burney ⓘ |
| onboardSinceLaunch | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | deep space ⓘ |
| platform | New Horizons science payload ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | to detect and measure space dust ⓘ |
| researchField |
interplanetary dust
ⓘ
outer solar system dust ⓘ space dust ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
astrophysics
ⓘ
heliophysics ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
to constrain models of Kuiper Belt dust production
ⓘ
to improve understanding of interplanetary dust evolution ⓘ to map the distribution of dust in the outer solar system ⓘ to study the collisional environment of the outer solar system ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | interplanetary probe instrument ⓘ |
| studiesRegion |
Kuiper Belt
ⓘ
outer solar system ⓘ |
| trajectoryCoverage | inner solar system to Kuiper Belt ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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