• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2007

우주파편의 개수가 증대되면서 운용 중인 인공위성이 받을 수 있는 위험이 커지고 있다. 이 연구는 2007년 1월 11일에 발생한 중국의 FengYun 위성 격추사건과 관련하여 발생한 우주파편이 다목적 실용위성 3호에 미치게 될 영향을 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 폭발 후 발생한 FengYun 위성파편의 일부 관측자료를 바탕으로, 크기가 작아 관측이 안되는 파편들의 질량에 대한 생성개수를 추정하였다. 이를 토대로, FengYun 위성파편에 대한 공간밀도와 플럭스를 계산하였다. 또한 FengYun 위성 파편과 다목적실용위성과의 충동확률 및 손상확률을 분석하였다. 이 논문에서 개발된 모델을 사용하여 앞으로 우리나라에서 만들어질 위성들의 우주파편에 대한 위험도를 해석할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2022

Laser ablation propulsion(LAP) is the method to create impulse by laser ablation. It can be used to deorbit the space debris(SD), as its long-range property and versatility on any material. In this paper, we find out several requirements of the LAP system(LAPS) to deorbit the SD by simple numerical calculations of the SD orbit and laser beam flux. As a result, minimum operable altitude angle turned out to be a crucial variable to the LAPS. Moreover, if minimum operable altitude angle is 10°, and if the minimum distance between the LAPS and the SD is below 450 km, 1 m/s² is sufficient to deorbit the SD by once. With 18 kJ/3 ns pulsed laser and cube shaped 100 kg SD, 1 m/s² acceleration can be achieved by increasing the pulse repetition rate over 34~53 Hz, depending on the size of the SD. This capability could compare with the conceptual design of the Japan Establishment for a Power-laser Community Harvest(J-EPoCH) facility, which include 8 kJ, 5 PW@100 Hz laser.

• 천문학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

We have studied the long-term X-ray light curve (2-10 keV) of the luminous Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-2-58-22 by compiling data, from various X-ray satellites, which together cover more than 20 years. We have found two distinct types of time variations in the light curve. One is a gradual and secular decrease of the X-ray flux, and the other is the episodic increase of X-ray flux (or flare) by a factor of 2-4 compared with the level expected from the secular variation. We detected 3 such flares in total; a representative duration for the flares is $\~$2 years, with intervening quiescent intervals lasting $\~$6-8 years. We discuss a few possible origins for these variabilities. Though a standard disk instability theory may explain the displayed time variability in the X-ray light curve, the subsequent accretions of stellar debris, from a tidal disruption event caused by a supermassive black hole in MCG-2-58-22, cannot be ruled out as an alternative explanation.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.1033-1041
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 현재 운용 중인 아리랑위성 2호와 발사예정인 아리랑위성 5호의 우주파편 충돌 회피기동 주기를 분석하였다. 이때, 각 위성들의 임무궤도 특성, 충돌 회피 여유시간, 허용 충돌확률, 위치 불확실성 등의 인자들의 변화에 따라 분석을 수행하였다. 또한, 결과의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 실제 1년 동안 생성된 NORAD TLE 카탈로그(catalog) 상의 우주 물체들과 아리랑위성 2호와의 충돌 회피기동 주기를 계산하였다. 분석 결과, 두 위성 모두 연중 약 1회 충돌 회피기동이 요구됨을 확인할 수 있었으며, 계산 인자들의 변화에 따른 결과 분석을 통해 추후 발사 예정인 저궤도 위성들의 충돌 회피기동 주기 예측 정밀도를 향상시키기 위한 방안들을 제시하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.40.3-41
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• 2021

Minor mergers leave behind long lived, but extremely faint and extended tidal features including tails, streams, loops and plumes. These act as a fossil record for the host galaxy's past interactions, allowing us to infer recent accretion histories and place constraints on the properties and nature of a galaxy's dark matter halo. However, shallow imaging or small homogeneous samples of past surveys have resulted in weak observational constraints on the role of galaxy mergers and interactions in galaxy assembly. The Rubin Observatory, which is optimised to deliver fast, wide field-of-view imaging, will enable deep and unbiased observations over the 18,000 square degrees of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), resulting in samples of potentially of millions of objects undergoing tidal interactions. Using realistic mock images produced with state-of-the-art cosmological simulations we perform a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the extended diffuse light around galaxies and galaxy groups down to low stellar mass densities. We consider the nature, frequency and visibility of tidal features and debris across a range of environments and stellar masses as well as their reliability as an indicator of galaxy accretion histories. We consider how observational biases such as projection effects, the point-spread-function and survey depth may effect the proper characterisation and measurement of tidal features, finding that LSST will be capable of recovering much of the flux found in the outskirts of L* galaxies at redshifts beyond local volume. In our simulated sample, tidal features are ubiquitous In L* galaxies and remain common even at significantly lower masses (M*>10^10 Msun). The fraction of stellar mass found in tidal features increases towards higher masses, rising to 5-10% for the most massive objects in our sample (M*~10^11.5 Msun). Such objects frequently exhibit many distinct tidal features often with complex morphologies, becoming increasingly numerous with increased depth. The interpretation and characterisation of such features can vary significantly with orientation and imaging depth. Our findings demonstrate the importance of accounting for the biases that arise from projection effects and surface-brightness limits and suggest that, even after the LSST is complete, much of the discovery space in low surface-brightness Universe will remain to be explored.