Detector, energetic particle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GEIGER COUNTER/ROCKET
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC/DOC DRTE
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BASE, FRAME, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Space science
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- 1961
- Canada
-
USED IS COSMIC RAY RESEARCH BY NRC IN EARLY SIXTIES WHEN ROCKETS & SATELLITES PROVIDED FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR CANADIAN SCIENTISTS TO MAKE AURORAL NEASUREMENT IN SITU. - Function
-
ROCKET INSTRUMENT WITH GEIGER COUNTERS, DESIGNED TO MEASURE ENERGETIC ELECTRONS PRECIPITATION INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. - Technical
-
INSTRUMENT WAS DESIGNED IN 1961 BEFORE SCIENTISTS HAD MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF RESEARCH IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT. IT PRODUCEDNO USEFUL DATA BECAUSE ITS PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (OF TYPE USED ON GROUND) WAS SMASHED BY LAUNCH VIBRATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOSTLY ILLEGIBLE BLUE LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS IN PART 'AN 85 ST'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METALLIC FINISH/ BRASS COLOURED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC/DOC DRTE, Detector, energetic particle, 1961, Artifact no. 1989.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0087.001/
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