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Submicron Particles in Meteor Streams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. Fred Singer  and
John E. Stanley
S. Fred Singer
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903
John E. Stanley
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

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Submicron particles (mass<10−15g) were observed in certain meteor streams by impact detectors on satellite Explorer 46. This unexpected finding leads to conclusions about the nature and origin of the particles and about the importance of nongravitational forces.

Type
III: The Interplanetary Dust Complex 1. Sources, Evolution, and Dynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 90: Solid Particles in the Solar System , 1980 , pp. 329 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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