2.3.7 Near-Earth Fragmentation of Cosmic Dust
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- 2 in-situ-measurements-of-interplanetary-dust
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Astronomical Union Colloquium
- Vol. 31, 290-295
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100051873
Abstract
Cosmic dust fragmentation in near-earth space is strongly suggested by the high fluxes (~102/m2s) of submicron particles observed in the upper atmospheric collection experiments, the lower fluxes (~10-l/m2s) observed in near-earth space by the lower sensitivity detection experiments and the much lower fluxes (~10−4/m2s) observed in the deep-space experiments. Various possible fragmentation mechanisms are discussed.Keywords
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