Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter
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The Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter is a student-built scientific instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft that measures space dust particles in the outer solar system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dust detector
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spacecraft instrument ⓘ student-built instrument ⓘ |
| aboardSpacecraft | New Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acronym | VBSDC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
SDC
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Student Dust Counter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | students at University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ |
| dataTransmission | telemetry via New Horizons high-gain antenna ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
assessing impact hazard to spacecraft
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modeling dust populations in the outer solar system ⓘ testing theories of Kuiper Belt formation ⓘ |
| developedAt | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationRole | hands-on spacecraft instrumentation experience for students ⓘ |
| firsts |
first dedicated dust detector to operate beyond Saturn orbit
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first student-built instrument on a NASA interplanetary mission ⓘ |
| fundedBy | NASA New Horizons mission budget ⓘ |
| honors | person who named Pluto ⓘ |
| hostMissionDestination |
Kuiper Belt
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Pluto system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Space Launch Complex 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2006-01-19 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 551 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOnSpacecraft | forward-facing panel ⓘ |
| measurementType |
dust particle flux
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dust particle mass ⓘ dust particle size distribution ⓘ micrometeoroid impacts ⓘ |
| mission | New Horizons mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Venetia Burney
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Venetia Burney Phair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalRegion |
interplanetary space
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outer solar system ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | New Horizons science payload NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | New Horizons power system ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
measure dust flux in the outer solar system
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measure space dust particles ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
characterize dust environment in the outer solar system
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constrain models of Kuiper Belt dust ⓘ study distribution of interplanetary dust ⓘ |
| sensorType | impact dust detector ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | New Horizons spacecraft bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| trajectoryCoverage | inner solar system to Kuiper Belt ⓘ |
| uses | polyvinylidene fluoride sensors ⓘ |
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