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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"stellar occultation technique"”.
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Mission Planning and Instrument Design for Stellar Occultation Measurements of Lower Thermospheric Nitric Oxide in the Polar Night
… nitric oxide in the polar night through the stellar occultation technique. This instrument will allow the investigation of how the Sun and Earth systems are related via energetic particle precipitation in the auroral regions. The work performed in this thesis supports the instrument design …
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Planning and Simulating Observations for a Sounding Rocket Experiment to Measure Polar Night Nitric Oxide in the Lower Thermosphere by Stellar Occultation
… and determine the error in the retrieval technique for a rocket experiment to measure lower thermospheric Nitric Oxide in the polar night using stellar occultation technique. These objectives are accomplished by planning the geometry, determining the requirements for observations, window …
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Astrometria, efemérides e ocultações estelares de satélites irregulares e corpos do sistema solar exterior
… their physical parameters. One of the best techniques to characterize size, shape, density, atmosphere, rings, etc, it is the stellar occultation technique. This work presents the analysis of two stellar occultations by Ceres, the work on stellar occultations by TNOs and Centaurs developed …
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Preliminary Design of a Titan-Orbiting Stellar Occultation Mission
… a conceptual mission design for a Titan-orbiting stellar occultation mission. Titan has a significant atmosphere much like Earth's. An improved understanding of Titan's atmosphere could provide valuable information about the evolution of Earth's climate. Titan's atmosphere is known to be in a …