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J.M. Heywood

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Detecting Meteoroid Impacts on the Lunar Surface

Lunar meteoroid impacts have caused in the past a substantial change in the lunar surface. With no atmospheric shield, the Moon is subject to many impacts from meteoroids, ranging from a few grams to a few kilograms. The high impact rate on the lunar surface has important implica ...
NASA's ICE, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) has been measuring the topography of the Earth's surface since its launch in September 2018. Equipped with a single instrument, namely, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), ICESat-2 is able to acquire ...
This report presents the Final design of the Design Synthesis Exercise (DSE) to 'Capture a Small Asteroid and Change its Orbit' at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. The bachelor programme 'Aerospace Engineering' comprises several projects ena ...