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The Physical Nature of Interplanetary Dust as Inferred by Particles Collected at 35 km

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Donald E. Brownlee ,
Paul W. Hodge  and
William Bucher
Donald E. Brownlee
Affiliation:
University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington
Paul W. Hodge
Affiliation:
University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington
William Bucher
Affiliation:
University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington

Abstract

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Particles were collected at an altitude of 35 km by two flights of a volume-sampling micrometeorite collector. The collection scheme is very sensitive and is capable of collecting a significant number of particles. Many of the particles collected have chemical compositions similar to solar or to iron meteorites. Morphology of collected particles indicates that both true micrometeorites and ablation products were collected.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 13: Evolutionary and Physical Properties of Meteoroids , June 1971 , pp. 291 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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