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5.1 Sources of Interplanetary Dust
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Attention is centered on cosmic dust measures made by sensors on Pioneers 8 and 9 in Earth-like orbits. The conclusion follows Zook and Berg that the particles are largely “β-meteoroids,” interplanetary impact debris expelled by solar radiation pressure. An analysis of periodic comet orbits and comets observed during the missions failed to yield correlations, except possibly for debris from Comet Encke. A treatment of β-meteoroids from this stream is presented.
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- 5 Dynamics and Evolution
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 403 - 415
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- Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976
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