DESTINY+ Instruments: DDA

DESTINY⁺ Dust Analyser (DDA)

DDA hav impact-ionization trajectory sensor and TOF-MS; measures mass, speed, charge, direction and compositon of each impacting dust particle.

Instrument Specifications

DDA Specifications

Property	Value	Comments
Censor area	0.03 m2
Mass range	1-1000 u
Ion polarities	cations
Dust speed	5- 100 km/s
Dust size	10 nm - 100 μm
Dust charge	2 fC
Dust trajectory	10°-20°

Data in situ

Not yet available

Members

Development Team

• PI
  • Ralf Srama (IRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany)
• Co-PI
  • Masaki Kobayashi (Chibatech)
  • Osamu Okudaira (Chibatech)