Student Dust Counter
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The Student Dust Counter is a student-built scientific instrument aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft designed to measure and analyze interplanetary dust particles in the outer solar system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dust detector
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scientific instrument ⓘ spacecraft instrument ⓘ student-built instrument ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SDC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateName | Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataProduct |
calibrated dust flux profiles vs heliocentric distance
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impact counts of dust particles ⓘ |
| dataUse |
constraining dust contribution from comets and Kuiper Belt objects
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testing models of zodiacal dust cloud ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
NERFINISHED
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University of Colorado Boulder NERFINISHED ⓘ students at University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ |
| educationRole | hands-on spacecraft instrumentation experience for students ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostMissionTarget |
Kuiper Belt objects
NERFINISHED
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Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2006-01-19 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
NERFINISHED
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Space Launch Complex 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 551 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | New Horizons spacecraft payload deck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| measurementType |
dust flux
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dust mass distribution ⓘ dust particle impacts ⓘ dust spatial distribution ⓘ |
| mission | New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Venetia Burney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first student-built instrument to fly on a NASA planetary mission
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only operating dust detector beyond the orbit of Saturn at the time of New Horizons cruise ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | New Horizons RTG electrical power ⓘ |
| purpose |
analyze dust distribution in the outer solar system
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constrain models of dust production and transport in the solar system ⓘ measure interplanetary dust particles ⓘ study spatial and size distribution of dust grains ⓘ |
| regionOfStudy |
Kuiper Belt region
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beyond the orbit of Pluto ⓘ inner solar system ⓘ outer solar system ⓘ |
| scientificField |
heliophysics
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interplanetary dust research ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | New Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational during New Horizons cruise phase ⓘ |
| VenetiaBurney_role | person who named Pluto ⓘ |
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