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2.3.7 Near-Earth Fragmentation of Cosmic Dust
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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.
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- 2 In Situ Measurements of Interplanetary Dust
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 290 - 295
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- Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976
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