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STEREO SECCHI and S/WAVES Observations of Spacecraft Debris Caused by Micron-Size Interplanetary Dust Impacts

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Early in the STEREO mission observers noted that the white-light instruments of the SECCHI suite were detecting significantly more spacecraft-related ``debris'' than any previously flown coronagraphic instruments. Comparison of SECCHI ``debris storms'' with S/WAVES indicates that almost all are coincident with the most intense transient emissions observed by the radio and plasma waves instrument. We believe the debris is endogenous ( i.e., from the spacecraft thermal blanketing), and the storms appear to be caused by impacts of large interplanetary dust grains that are detected by S/WAVES. Here we report the observations, compare them to interplanetary dust distributions, and document a reminder for future spacebased coronagraphic instrument builders.

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hal-03786416 , version 1 (23-09-2022)

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O. C. St. Cyr, Michael L. Kaiser, Nicole Meyer, Russell A. Howard, R. A. Harrison, et al.. STEREO SECCHI and S/WAVES Observations of Spacecraft Debris Caused by Micron-Size Interplanetary Dust Impacts. Solar Physics, 2009, 256, pp.475-488. ⟨10.1007/s11207-009-9362-5⟩. ⟨hal-03786416⟩
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