In April 2002 the first dedicated observations of space debris in Italy have been performed by the Group of Astrodynamics of the University of Rome "La Sapienza". The campaign was accomplished using one of the Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory telescopes. In the paper the campaign is described and the first results are presented. (C) 2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
First optical space debris detection campaign in Italy / M., Porfilio; Piergentili, Fabrizio; Graziani, Filippo. - In: ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0273-1177. - 34:5(2004), pp. 921-926. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2nd World Space Congress/34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly tenutosi a HOUSTON, TX nel OCT 10-19, 2002) [10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.035].
First optical space debris detection campaign in Italy
PIERGENTILI, FABRIZIO;GRAZIANI, Filippo
2004
Abstract
In April 2002 the first dedicated observations of space debris in Italy have been performed by the Group of Astrodynamics of the University of Rome "La Sapienza". The campaign was accomplished using one of the Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory telescopes. In the paper the campaign is described and the first results are presented. (C) 2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
