Detection of Earth Orbiting Objects by IRAS

A systematic examination of 1836 images of the sky constructed from scans made by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite has resulted in the detection of 466 objects which are shown to be in Earth orbit. Analysis of the spatial and size distribution and thermal properties of these objects, which may in...

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Main Authors: Dow, K. L., Sykes, M. V., Low, F. J., Vilas, F.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Language:en_US
Published: Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) 1989
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623903
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623903