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Rings of debris in near-Earth space

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The formation of space debris as an accumulation of small heavenly bodies in near-Earth space is considered. How debris can arise in near-Earth space is described. The accumulation of debris is shown to have a ring structure. The formation and spatial distribution of debris are statistically analyzed. A hypothesis for the formation of debris rings in near-Earth space is proposed.

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  1. Center for Operation of Space Ground-Based Infrastructure, Moscow, Russia

    I. V. Barmin

  2. Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    D. W. Dunham

  3. Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, National Research University of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    V. P. Kulagin

  4. Moscow State University of Surveying and Cartography, Moscow, Russia

    V. P. Savinykh & V. Ya. Tsvetkov

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Barmin, D.W. Dunham, V.P. Kulagin, V.P. Savinykh, V.Ya. Tsvetkov, 2013, published in Vestnik FGUP NPO imeni S.A. Lavochkina, 2013, No. 5, pp. 4–10.

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Barmin, I.V., Dunham, D.W., Kulagin, V.P. et al. Rings of debris in near-Earth space. Sol Syst Res 48, 593–600 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094614070041

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