Design of a Fault-tolerant COTS-based Bus Architecture
In this paper, we report our experiences and findings on the design of fault-tolerant bus architecture comprised of two COT buses, the IEEE 1394 and the I***Sup 2***C.
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Burt, J.
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Lunar occultation of Saturn. III - How big is Iapetus
The orbital light curve of Iapetus is analyzed, and the bright material on the trailing face of the satellite is found to have an effective limb-darkening parameter of 0.62 (+0.10, -0.12). This result is combined with observations of a lunar occultation of Iapetus to derive a radius of 718 (+87, -78) km for the satellite. The specific patchy albedo model of Morrison et al. (1975) is shown to fit the observed orbital light curve precisely and to yield an occultation radius of 724 + or - 60 km. It is noted that the values determined for the limb-darkening parameter and for the normal reflectance (in V) of the material at the center of the bright face are consistent with a partial water-frost cover on the bright side of Iapetus. It is concluded that if the albedo model of Morrison et al. reliably represents the surface of Iapetus, the radius of that satellite is 724 + or - 60 km, which is consistent with the radiometric radius of 835 (+50, -75) km derived by Morrison et al. (1975).
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Depth-diameter relation for large Martian craters determined from Mariner 9 UVS altimetry
The depth/diameter ratio for 87 craters on Mars is determined using Mariner 9 ultraviolet-spectrometer (UVS) altimetry. The sample includes craters 12 to 100 km in diameter and 0.4 to 3.3 km in depth. The largest depth/diameter ratios on Mars are comparable to those of fresh craters on Mercury. However, more than half of the present sample consists of degraded craters whose depths are significantly shallower than those of fresh craters of similar diameter on Mercury, confirming the interpretations of earlier photoanalysts.
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Photochromic memory for computer applications
Potassium chloride crystal color centers as photochromic memory device in computer systems
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