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| The aerobraking region on Mars is around 100 km altitude, similar to the earth's. We are interested in the fate of the metals which ablate from interplanetary dust particles entering the Mars atmosphere. We use models of metals such as Na and Fe, based on our terrestrial models but modified for a CO2 atmosphere, to predict the form of the layers of neutral metal atoms between 40 and 120 km. These layers can be probed by a lidar on a future Mars lander, to measure the turbulence which could affect the aerobraking of the spacecraft. | |
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For information related to this project Go to > Ablation on Earth > Earth's atmosphere |
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