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The Heavy Nuclei Experiment on HEAO-3
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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The third High Energy Astronomical Observatory, HEAO-3 was launched on the 20th Sept., 1979 into a 496 km, 43.6° orbit, and has since been successfully returning data from all three experiments on board. One of these experiments, that intended to study the heavy and ultra heavy nuclei in the cosmic radiation, is described here.
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 94: Origin of Cosmic Rays , 1981 , pp. 91 - 92
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- Copyright © Reidel 1981
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