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Dynamics and Spatial Distribution of Interplanetary Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ch. Leinert
Ch. Leinert*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 6900 Heidelberg, F.R.G.

Abstract

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Three attempts to explain the radial power law distribution n(r)~r−1.3 of interplanetary dust are reviewed, which include the influence of Poynting-Robertson effect, collisions and interplanetary magnetic fields. Electromagnetic forces are unlikely to affect appreciably the spatial distribution. The replenishment of the cloud of interplanetary dust by the disruption of larger meteoritic particles in catastrophic collisions appears to give the most natural explanation for the observed spatial distribution.

Type
VII. Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 85: Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust , 1985 , pp. 369 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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