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2.3.7 Near-Earth Fragmentation of Cosmic Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. Fechtig  and
C. Hemenway
H. Fechtig
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg/F.R.G.
C. Hemenway
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg/F.R.G.

Abstract

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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.

Type
2 In Situ Measurements of Interplanetary Dust
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 290 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976

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