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Influence of the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) on the local atmospheric environment

A survey around a recently-fueled MMRTG in the terrestrial atmosphere finds a warm air plume with a characteristic updraft velocity of ~1 m/s and a temperature rise of ~4 ​K. Additionally, a roughly hundredfold enhancement in ion density to ~70,000/cm(3) in the vicinity (<~1 ​m) of the generator...

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Autores principales: Lorenz, Ralph D., Clarke, Eric S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32904654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105075