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From: Emanuel.henr@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: Aquiring a charge in space ?
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 11:50:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 11:50:00 1986
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	If a body is in low Earth orbit will the surfaces of the object become
charged by triboelectric effect from collisions with the molecules that
are present, albiet scattered  & few in number compared to atmosphere,
in the space it passes through ?    Is there a reasonable guess as to
the charge level that might result.  I expect that there might be some
equilibrium level that would be reached, but that is just a guess.

							Keith Emanuel
							Human Factors
							Xerox Corp.