• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.257-268
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• 2015

Characteristics of delta-V requirements for deploying an impactor from a mother-ship at different orbital altitudes are analyzed in order to prepare for a future lunar CubeSat impactor mission. A mother-ship is assumed to be orbiting the moon with a circular orbit at a 90 deg inclination and having 50, 100, 150, 200 km altitudes. Critical design parameters that are directly related to the success of the impactor mission are also analyzed including deploy directions, CubeSat flight time, impact velocity, and associated impact angles. Based on derived delta-V requirements, required thruster burn time and fuel mass are analyzed by adapting four different miniaturized commercial onboard thrusters currently developed for CubeSat applications. As a result, CubeSat impact trajectories as well as thruster burn characteristics deployed at different orbital altitudes are found to satisfy the mission objectives. It is concluded that thrust burn time should considered as the more critical design parameter than the required fuel mass when deducing the onboard propulsion system requirements. Results provided through this work will be helpful in further detailed system definition and design activities for future lunar missions with a CubeSat-based payload.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2013

Sudden enhancements of daytime NmF2 appeared in Anyang ionosonde data during summer seasons in 2006-2007. In order to investigate the causes of this unusual enhancement, we compared Anyang NmF2's with the total electron contents (GPS TECs) observed at Daejeon, and also with ionosonde data at at mid-latitude stations. First, we found no similar increase in Daejeon GPS TEC when the sudden enhancements of Anyang NmF2 occurred. Second, we investigated NmF2's observed at other ionosonde stations that use the same ionosonde model and auto-scaling program as the Anyang ionosonde. We found similar enhancements of NmF2 at these ionosonde stations. Moreover, the analysis of ionograms from Athens and Rome showed that there were sporadic-E layers with high electron density during the enhancements in NmF2. The auto-scaling program (ARTIST 4.5) used seems to recognize sporadic-E layer echoes as a F2 layer trace, resulting in the erroneous critical frequency of F2 layer (foF2). Other versions of the ARTIST scaling program also seem to produce similar erroneous results. Therefore we conclude that the sudden enhancements of NmF2 in Anyang data were due to the misrecognition of sporadic-E echoes as a F-layer by the auto-scaling program. We also noticed that although the scaling program flagged confidence level (C-level) of an ionogram as uncertain when a sporadic-E layer occurs, it still automatically computed erroneous foF2's. Therefore one should check the confidence level before using long term ionosonde data that were produced by an auto-scaling program.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.235-248
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• 2007

이 연구는 통신해양기상위성의 영상위치유지 (Image Navigation and Registration, INR) 시스템의 시뮬레이션을 위한 프로그램을 개발하고, 영상오차보상(Image Motion Compensation, IMC) 알고리즘의 성능을 비교분석 하였다. 통신해양기상위성 궤도와 자세 요소를 모델링 하고 궤도오차와 자세오차를 계산하여 이러한 궤도 및 자세오차가 영상왜곡에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 또한 영상오차보상을 하지 않았을 경우와 GOES 위성의 영상오차보상 알고리즘을 적용하였을 경우, 그리고 선행 연구를 통해 개발되었던 개량된 영상오차보상 알고리즘을 적용하였을 경우의 영상들을 비교하여 각 알고리즘의 성능을 확인하였다. 개량된 영상오차보상 알고리즘은 GOES위성의 알고리즘보다 효율적으로 영상왜곡을 보상하였다. 이러한 연구는 통신해양기상위성의 INR시스템을 효과적으로 운용하고 그 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 기술적 토대를 마련하는데 기여할 것이다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.293-310
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• 2005

한국, 일본, 중국의 옛 역사 기록에 나오는 벌똥만발 기록(meteor outbursts즉, 강한 별똥비 및 별똥 소나기 기록) 가운데 신뢰할 만한 것을 모은 목록을 새로 고쳐 만들었다. 이 고친 목록에서는 지구의 세차운동과 근일점이동에 의한 영향을 받지 않고 별찌흐름(meteor stream)의 공간적 위치를 연구하기 위해 별똥만발이 나타난 시각을 나타내는데 새로운 시간 좌표계를 도입하였다. 즉 임의로 지구의 2000년 근일점을 기준으로 각 기록의 관측 시각이 항성년 단위로 끊을 때 나머지가 며칠인지를 가지고 시간 좌표계를 정의하여 사용하였다. 또한 개별 별똥 기록으로 취급되어 별똥비 항목에서 누락되었던 중국 기록 19개를 찾아내서 목록에 추가했다. 우리는 새로 개정된 별똥만발 목록에서 지난 2천년 동안 별똥만발 현상을 일으킨 별찌흐름들은 물병자리 에타 별찌흐름, 오리온자리 별찌흐름, 페르세우스자리 별찌흐름, 사자자리 별찌흐름임을 확인하였다. 세 나라의 옛 별똥만발 기록만을 대상으로 할 때, 각 별똥만발들의 가장 오랜 기록들을 약간 수정하였다. 우리는 이러한 별똥만발 현상들을 일으키는 어미혜성이 핼리형 혜성(Halley-type comet)임에 주목하고 논의하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.249-262
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• 2004

구상성단 NGC 6934의 밝은 거성 종족에 의한 중심부의 역학적 세부구조의 변화를 알아보기 위해서 NGC 6934의 BV 영상에 점광원 함수 측광과 표면측광을 실시하여, 성단 내 구성별들의 종족에 대한 성단 중심으로부터 타원률과 위치각의 변화를 얻었다. 타원률과 위치각의 전체적인 변화를 살펴보면 $r_{\eff}<3r_h$ 영역에서, 타원률은 $0.02{\sim}0.08$ 범위의 변화를 보이며, 위치각은 $-90^{\circ}{\sim}+90^{\circ}$ 범위에서 큰 변화 폭을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 각 거성 종족의 제거에 따른 타원률과 위치각의 변화로부터, 성단의 $r_{\eff} 영역에서 가장 밝은 거성들(b-RGB)이 성단의 역학적 구조에 큰 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이 영역에서 b-RGB를 제외한 다른 거성 종족에 의한 타원률과 위치각의 변화는 밝은 거성 종족에 의한 변화에 비해 작게 나타났으며, 단, 위치각의 경우 어두운 거성(f-RGB)에 의한 역학적 세부구조 변화를 볼 수 있었다. $r_h영역에서는 수평계열 종족(RHB, BHB)과, f-RGB에 의한 $r_{eff}{\sim}60\;arcsec$ 근처의 타원률 및 위치각의 변화를 확인 하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2012

The ButterStar Observatory at the Dongducheon High School has been working for photographic observations of the Sun since October 16, 2002. In this study, we observed the Sun at the ButterStar observatory for 3,364 days from October 16, 2002 to December 31, 2011, and analyzed the photographic sunspot data obtained in 1,965 days. The correction factor $K_b$ for the entire observing period is 0.9519, which is calculated using the linear least square method to the relationship between the daily sunspot number, $R_B$, and the daily international relative sunspot number, $R_i$. The yearly correction factor calculated for each year varies slightly from year to year and shows a trend to change along the solar cycle. The correction factor is larger during the solar maxima and smaller during the solar minima in general. This implies that the discrepancy between a relative sunspot number, R, and the daily international relative sunspot number, $R_i$, can be reduced by using a yearly correction factor. From 2002 to 2008 in solar cycle 23, 35.4% and 64.6% of sunspot groups and 35.1% and 64.9% of isolated sunspots in average occurred in the northern hemisphere and in the southern hemisphere, respectively, and from 2008 to 2011 in solar cycle 24, 61.3% and 38.7% of sunspot groups and 65.0% and 35.0% of isolated sunspots were observed, respectively. This result shows that the occurrence frequency for each type of sunspot group changes along the solar cycle development, which can be interpreted as the emerging and decaying process of sunspot groups is different depending on the phase of solar cycle. Therefore, it is considered that a following study would contribute to the efforts to understand the dependence of the dynamo mechanism on the phase of solar cycle.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2006

We investigate the correlation between the peak energy and the burst duration using available long GRB data with known redshift, whose circumburst medium type has been suggested via afterglow light curve modeling. We find that the peak energy and the burst duration of the observed GRBs are correlated both in the observer frame and in the GRB rest frame. For our total sample we obtain, for instance, the Spearman rank-order correlation values ${\sim}0.75\;and\;{\sim}0.65$ with the chance probabilities $P=1.0{\times}10^{-3}\;and\;P=6.0{\times}10^{-3}$ in the observer frame and in the GRB rest frame, respectively. We note that taking the effects of the expanding universe into account reduces the value a bit. We further attempt to separate our GRB sample into the 'ISM' GRBs and the 'WIND' GRBs according to environment models inferred from the afterglow light curves and apply statistical tests, as one may expect that clues on the progenitor of GRBs can be deduced directly from prompt emission properties other than from the ambient environment surrounding GRBs. We find that two subsamples of GRBs show different correlation coefficients. That is, the Spearman rank-order correlation are ${\sim}0.65\;and\;{\sim}0.57$ for the 'ISM' GRBs and 'WIND' GRBs, respectively, after taking the effects of the expanding universe into account. It is not yet, however, statistically very much significant that the GRBS in two types of circumburst media show statistically characteristic behaviors, from which one may conclude that all the long bursts are not originated from a single progenitor population. A larger size of data is required to increase the statistical significance.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2010

The distance distribution in our planetary system has been a controversial matter. Two kinds of important issues on Titius-Bode's relation have been discussed up to now: one is if there is a simple mathematical relation between distances of natural bodies orbiting a central body, and the other is if there is any physical basis for such a relation. We have examined, by applying it to exo-planetary systems, whether Titius-Bode's relation is exclusively applicable to our solar system. We study, with the $X^2$ test, the distribution of period ratios of two planets in multiple planet systems by comparing it with that derived from not only Titius-Bode's relation but also other forms of it. The $X^2$ value between the distribution of the orbital period derived from Titius-Bode's relation and that observed in our Solar system is 12.28 (dof=18) with high probability, i.e., 83.3 %. The value of $X^2$ and probability resulted from Titius-Bode's relation and observed exo-planetary systems are 21.38 (dof=26) and 72.2 %, respectively. Modified forms we adopted seem also to agree with the planetary system as favorably as Titius-Bode's relation does. As a result, one cannot rule out the possibility that the distribution of the ratio of orbiting periods in multiple planet systems is consistent with that derived from Titius-Bode's relation. Having speculated Titius-Bode's relation could be valid in exo-planetary systems, we tentatively conclude it is unlikely that Titius-Bode's relation explains the distance distribution in our planetary system due to chance. Finally, we point out implications of our finding.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2004

광시야 망원경 3호기의 광학계 특성을 조사하고 이를 바탕으로 광학계를 조정하였다. 보정렌즈를 쓰기 때문에 필터는 V, R, I로 제한된다. 광시야 망원경 3호기는 초점비가 작기 때문에 광학계의 정렬 상태에 매우 민감하다. 2도${\times}2$도의 시야각 내에서 성상의 RMS 반경을 $8{\mu}m$ 이내로 맞추려면 다음의 조건을 만족해야 한다: 1) 관측기기는 초점면에 대하여 0.05도 이상 기울어지면 안된다. 2) 주경과 보정렌즈의 축간 거리(decenter)를 1mm 이내로 맞추어야 한다. 3) 주경과 보정렌즈 사이를 최적 거리에서 2.3mm 이내로 맞추어야 한다. 광시야 망원경 3호기는 곡률감지법을 이용한 수차 측정법으로 광학계를 조정하고 있으며 마무리 단계에 있다. 현재 대덕전파천문대 옥상에 임시로 설치되어 시스템 정상화와 인공위성 관측을 수행하고 있다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2013

To identify seasonal and latitudinal variations of F2 layer during magnetic storm, we examine the change of daily averages of foF2 observed at Kokubunji and Hobart during high (2000~2002) and low (2006~2008) solar activity intervals. It is found that geomagnetic activity has a different effect on the ionospheric F2-layer electron density variation for different seasons and different latitudes. We, thus, investigate how the change of geomagnetic activity affects the ionospheric F2-layer electron density with season and latitude. For this purpose, two magnetic storms occurred in equinox (31 March 2001) and solstice (20 November 2003) seasons are selected. Then we investigate foF2, which are observed at Kokubunji, Townsville, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart, Dst index, Ap index, and AE index for the two magnetic storm periods. These observatories have similar geomagnetic longitude, but have different latitude. Furthermore, we investigate the relation between the foF2 and the [O]/[$N_2$] ratio and TEC variations during 19-22 November 2003 magnetic storm period. As a result, we find that the latitudinal variations of [O]/[$N_2$] ratio and TEC are closely related with the latitudinal variation of foF2. Therefore, we conclude that the seasonal and latitudinal variations of foF2 during magnetic storm are caused by the seasonal and latitudinal variations of mean meridional circulation of the thermosphere, particularly upwelling and downwelling of neutral atmosphere during magnetic storm.